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‘There aren’t enough gay characters on TV’ says BBC drama boss who promises to commission more…
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 05:15 EST, 27 February 2014 | Tara Brady

Posted on 03/01/2014 10:14:46 PM PST by Olog-hai

The BBC drama controller has said there are not enough gay characters on TV.

Ben Stephenson, who is himself gay, called on writers to come forward with more stories which focus on homosexuality.

The comments were made during the BBC’s Reflect and Represent talk at New Broadcasting House on Monday which aims to discuss the Corporation’s future vision. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Religion; Society; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bbc; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: jonascord

It wasn’t Rohm’s homosexuality that got him killed. Hitler could care less about that, he was a rival, who had to be done away with to get the support of the Army and the investor classes Hitler needed to build his war machine.


21 posted on 03/02/2014 12:04:17 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

It’s high time the public started running candidates who reflect their values, not that of the swishy Left. It’s high time the public started voting with their pocketbooks. The media is dominated by the Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is complicit in destroying family, community, nation and world. These people need help, but already made it illegal to help them! There is no way they will not with time devolve into a sick heap, but the devastation they are bringing on families and communities is in full swing now.


22 posted on 03/02/2014 12:48:24 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Olog-hai

Hence, the demise of t.v.


23 posted on 03/02/2014 3:05:57 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: Olog-hai

One queer is one to many!


24 posted on 03/02/2014 3:09:06 AM PST by dalereed
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To: PaulCruz2016

Gays don’t figure as much in London culture like they do in NYC and Hollywood. Which is why London still has the greatest theater in the English-speaking world. I wonder if that’s going to change now.


25 posted on 03/02/2014 4:26:06 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Olog-hai

This is the reason I stopped watching several shows on Sci-Fi. Of course I am also against gratuitiopus heterosexual sex scenes as well. If you need it to move the story fine, but after that get better writers.


26 posted on 03/02/2014 4:53:08 AM PST by verga
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To: Olog-hai

Can’t even escape it in sports. ESPN Gameday did two Clemson games last season, Georgia and FSU. For the Georgia game they gave us one of the gay guys off of “Modern Family” as a guest picker. They kept explaining that he was a good choice as he’s a Kansas State fan, a team we’ve never played and has almost no connection to Southern football. I realize they were trying to push their ABC show but they could have given us Ed O’Neill (from the same show ) who at least played college football. Was my opinion that they were indeed trying to gay it up.

For the FSU game they learned their lesson and had actor Bill Murray as guest picker. He’s co-owner of the Charleston, SC RiverDogs and his son Jackson Murray goes to Clemson.


27 posted on 03/02/2014 5:16:28 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Olog-hai

Why not - On TV every white guy has a black best friend so why not a gay best friend too!


28 posted on 03/02/2014 5:18:20 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Olog-hai

DAYGAMINAH

Don't aim your gaydar at me--I'm not a homosexual.

29 posted on 03/02/2014 5:19:07 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Olog-hai

A new version of Dickens’ Great Expectations replacing Pip and Estella with Pip and Stanley.


30 posted on 03/02/2014 5:41:27 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Olog-hai

This is a real problem.

Our culture is being eroded.

Anti-straight, anti-gun, anti-family, anti-God messages flood our homes any time you watch the media.Eventually these messages creep into society and become the norm.

How do we fight back? Duck Dynasty is a good start, but is a lone voice in a huge wilderness.


31 posted on 03/02/2014 5:41:47 AM PST by AlbertWang
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To: Olog-hai

It’s a joke between my wife and I when watching one of her HGTV shows about selling houses, there will be at least one homosexual couple among the prospective buyers. Either homosexuals are about one third the people buying houses in Latin America, or the HGTV people are deliberately skewing the numbers to make it look like there’s a lot more homos than there really are.


32 posted on 03/02/2014 7:02:45 AM PST by driftless2
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To: xrmusn

Virtually one whole season of “The Sopranos” was ruined when the writers decided to make the problems of one Mafia character who was a homo the story for many episodes. The wife and I were really glad when the character finally got killed off...but not quick enough.


33 posted on 03/02/2014 7:06:08 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Republican1795.

Tyranny of the 2.5 percent ...


34 posted on 03/02/2014 7:07:08 AM PST by glennaro
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To: LucianOfSamasota

I’m waiting for a show depicting the travails of a crippled, black, lesbian dwarf. I don’t think that’s been tried yet.


35 posted on 03/02/2014 7:08:57 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Olog-hai; randita; flaglady47
It wasn't long before the writer of the highly-popular Brit series "Downton Abbey" tossed in a homosexual valet to the lord of the manor.....followed by the agonies of a downstairs lady's maid raped in the downstairs, followed by the pregnancy of the unwed upstaired Lady Edith, followed by an aristocratic no-no, mixed-race romance between a blond upstaired family member and a lowly black nightclub crooner....to be follwed by......hmmm.....

Of course, I'll be watching tonight as usual to see....

Leni

36 posted on 03/02/2014 7:33:56 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Olog-hai
I guess the BBC will have a nice pedophile as the head of house with 3 gay boys. The title 'My 3 Lovers'. Or two lovers adopts 2 boys one named Beaver. It will be called 'Sex with Beaver'. Another would be about a group of tourist (12) out for a 3 hour cruise...

Wait 'Gillian's Island' had gay characters... if I was stuck on an island with MaryAnne and Ginger... :-)

37 posted on 03/02/2014 8:42:24 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
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To: driftless2

Virtually one whole season of “The Sopranos” was ruined when the writers decided to make the problems of one Mafia character who was a homo the story for many episodes.
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I also believe they stretched it out too long but I guess they were getting to the point to end the show or get Tony ‘wacked’ .... Then the ‘last season’ would have been for Antiny Jr to take over OR as suggested in a trip to Italy, Meadow take over????

They went overboard on Vito BUT I think the intention was to show that they all had another side...(HA)

Even though the IDL was ‘against’ the show I had suggested use the same characters and give them names like Kelly, McGuire etc...

Notice the Blacks portrayed in the show were also ‘criminals’ with the exception of the ‘Elder Rev’ and ‘the Cop’- Charles S. Dutton (Rock)...I had met him shortly after his episode and ‘suggested’ (who am I Costanza?) a script with him turning and going into Tonys ‘club’ as a driver while being(supposedly a disgraced, fired policeman)
undercover....

Guess the ‘kiss of death’ on the Sopranos is the BNG that got featured was sure to get wacked.....


38 posted on 03/02/2014 10:09:12 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --In CNNs (feeble) mind, EVERYONE that doesnt ask for more Kool-Aid is bullying BO)
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