Having delighted audiences with its sensitive but warm and accessible portrayal of a love affair between an older transgender woman and a younger cisgender male, BBC Two has announced that they have ordered a second series of the charming comedy Boy Meets Girl from Tiger Aspect Productions.
The show is due to go into production in Manchester next month and is scheduled to air in 2016.Shane Allen, BBC Controller of Comedy Commissioning, said: “This series demonstrates comedy’s unique ability to bring insight, warmth and understanding to challenging subjects, and encapsulates the three bedrocks of the BBC’s duty to inform, educate and entertain. A welcome return for this warm-hearted love story with a twist. Expect lots more out and out bawdy comedy alongside some very tender and touching moments in this very modern take on a rom-com.”
Kim Shillinglaw, Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, added: “Comedy is central to BBC Two’s DNA, and I want the channel to be a place where writers and creatives can do their most distinctive work. Boy Meets Girl was created from the heart and I’m so pleased that Elliott Kerrigan, Simon Carlyle and all the team behind this fabulous series are returning for another one. Boy Meets Girl ventured into territory that classic sitcom has never seen before in Britain, but did it with a warmth and an authenticity that BBC Two viewers really responded to, and I can’t wait to see what happens next for Judy, Leo and all the other wonderful cast of characters.”
Tiger Aspect’s Executive Producer, Margot Gavan Duffy, said: “Tiger Aspect is delighted to have another opportunity to work with this incredibly talented team and to find out What Leo and Judy did next!”
Kristian Smith, Commissioning Editor for BBC Comedy, added: “Following the overwhelmingly joyous response to series one, the team have worked tirelessly to develop series two of this incredibly important comedy. Boy Meets Girl returns exploring all the new comic turns in Leo and Judy’s romance; we will see some surprising shifts in some of their family members as attitudes and circumstances have changed since we last saw them. This year, we will also explore a whole new Trans experience.”
The series was endorsed by the transgender community and recently won the Trans Media Award at the Stonewall Awards.
By the conclusion of the first series, Judy and Leo had won the support of both their families and had declared their enduring love for one another. In series two, viewers will see them navigate their relationship through new choppy waters. It’s not easy getting to really know another person when you don’t have a place of your own! Judy will befriend a young transgender man and Leo will embrace the world of work. Tony will have to decide how to spend his redundancy money and Jackie will discover love. Pam and Peggy will compete to see who can be the most supportive mother and James might just have to find a job! Last time Leo proposed to Judy she laughed at the very idea. Will he ever find the courage to try again?
Boy Meets Girl is written by Elliott Kerrigan, Simon Carlyle and Andrew Mettam. It will be produced by Paul McKenzie and directed by Paul Norton Walker. The executive producers are Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and Margot Gavan Duffy.
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