Boy Meets Girl

Radio Times review

Boy Meets Girl is a comedy, but you probably won't laugh aloud. Though equally probably you might end up wearing a soppy smile, because it's a sweet, thoroughly modern love story.

Leo (Harry Hepple), jobless and still living at home in Newcastle with his parents and his slacker brother, meets an older woman, Judy, in a bar. The attraction is instant, she's funny and friendly, and Leo falls head first.

But on their first date, Judy (Rebecca Root) throws a surprise into the conversation. As Boy Meets Girl is clearly anxious to be seen as a romance, rather than any kind of trailblazer, it feels, from time to time, a bit slender. But the leads will win you over.

Elliott Kerrigan on the 'Boy Meets Girl' journey

Elliott Kerrigan talks about his experiences of making Boy Meets Girl and the people he's met along the way.

Interview: Boy Meets Girl writer Elliott Kerrigan

The man behind the BBC's first transgender comedy reveals why he wrote it - and why his mother watched it in stony silence.

Paris Lees and Rebecca Root on Boy Meets Girl

New BBC Two comedy Boy Meets Girl stars transgender actress Rebecca Root as romantic lead Judy, who falls in love with Leo. So what does Rebecca's role mean to the trans community, including friend and transgender rights activist Paris Lees?

Rebecca Root stars in groundbreaking comedy

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Review: Boy Meets Girl, BBC2

One can see this winding up the anti-political correctness brigade. It may also wind up critics who may see it as painfully old-fashioned despite its unique selling point. But Boy Meets Girl does have its moments. A bit of a half-cocked start perhaps, but well worth a second look.

Boy Meets Girl: warm-hearted, witty and well-written

I have to say that good sitcoms have been very thin on the ground this year, with the only stand-outs being Channel 4's Catastrophe and Ballot Monkeys, and BBC Two's W1A. Those of you who read my review will know that I wasn't even particularly enamoured with Danny Baker's Cradle to Grave, however that's not true of the programme that directly follows it.

Boy Meets Girl, BBC Two, review: 'cliched'

This comedy featuring a transgender lead character is a big TV moment but the show was full of crude cliches, says Jasper Rees.

Behind-the-scenes on Boy Meets Girl

There is no agenda to our transgender comedy, but the issue still required sensitive treatment, says Margot Gavan Duffy.

Rebecca Root: Transgender is like being born in prison

Actress Rebecca Root, who plays Judy in new BBC2 comedy Boy Meets Girl, says that her character's line about "never having a release date" resonated the most with her personal experience.