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''Boy Meets Girl'' is a 2015 BBC Two six-episode sitcom starring Rebecca Root, Harry Hepple and Denise Welch which aired between 3 September and 8 October 2015. It tells the story of the developing relationship between 26-year-old Leo (Hepple) and 40-year-old Judy (Root).〔 The script, by Elliott Kerrigan, was discovered through the Trans Comedy Award, a 2013 BBC talent search for scripts with positive portrayals of transgender characters.〔〔 Both Root and her character Judy are transgender, making this the first BBC comedy to feature transgender issues prominently, and the first sitcom to star a transgender actor. Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, the executive producer, stated "we always knew we had to get a trans actress – I don't think we auditioned anyone who wasn't trans for the role. It just didn't feel right."〔 == Background and production == In January 2012, All About Trans organized an event, "Trans Camp", involving people from the trans community and media, and aiming to help the media provide accurate depictions of transgender people.〔〔 Off the back of this, the BBC ran a talent search later that year, the Trans Comedy Award, offering comedy writers up to £5000 for scripts with positive portrayals of transgender characters.〔 The BBC received 320 script entries, with the winners being ''Boy Meets Girl'' (then titled ''Love'') by Elliott Kerrigan and ''Nobody's Perfect'' by Tom Glover.〔〔〔 A pilot episode was shown at the BBC's Salford Sitcom Showcase in March 2014, and the show was commissioned after that.〔〔 The main series acquired co-writers Simon Carlyle and Andrew Mettam, and had six 30-minute episodes (including the pilot episode with some re-shot scenes) set and recorded in Newcastle upon Tyne .〔〔〔 The theme tune was "Meet Me on the Corner" by Lindisfarne. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boy Meets Girl (BBC TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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