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Post by Ripley on Aug 9, 2017 13:16:44 GMT -5
linkVariety
"BBC America to Show Mark Gatiss’BBC AMERICA AUGUST 9, 2017 | 11:00AM PT BBC America will launch “Queers,” later this year, the British drama series from “Sherlock” writer Mark Gatiss that looks at life for gay men and women in the U.K. The short-form project comprises eight monologues from well-known actors. In the U.K. it was part of a longer “Gay Britannia” season on pubcaster the BBC, which was launched to mark 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act, the law that decriminalized homosexual acts in the U.K. ...The monologues run to 15 minutes apiece, covering the past 100 years, and the characters address topics including the HIV crisis, and the Sexual Offences Act itself. A roster of British actor perform the pieces including Ben Whishaw (“Spectre”); Alan Cumming (“The Good Wife”); Gemma Whelan (“Game of Thrones”); and Fionn Whitehead (“Dunkirk”). Episodes include Ben Whishaw’s turn as a soldier returning from the trenches of the First World War, and, 100 years later, Alan Cumming as a man reflecting on gay marriage..." link
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