Media Guardian reports that Russell T Davies, executive producer and lead writer of Doctor Who, is developing a new drama about gay men for the Corporation.
“It’s going to be about fortysomething gay men and how jealous they are of gay teenagers,” Davies said in an interview with the Guardian on Saturday. “I’ve been longing to write something for adults.”
In the interview, Davies said that the inspiration for the new drama is a friend, a former Mr Gay UK, who split up from his boyfriend.
“He asked me: ‘Why are so many gay men so glad we split up?’ That remark’s stayed with me for six years. I think there’s a self-punishing streak in that gladness and I want to explore it.”
Not that this should be much surprise: the project, which has been colloquially referred to as ‘MGM’ (More Gay Men), has been talked about for years — but over a year ago, Media Guardian themselves asserted that it would be made with Red Production Company, Nicola Shindler’s indie which has produced Davies shows Queer As Folk, Bob and Rose, The Second Coming, Mine All Mine and Casanova.
Fingers crossed Russell and Nicola will be back working together soon…
