Boy Meets Girl

Rebecca Root on BBC's new trans sitcom

It may be a new acting job for Rebecca Root, who has worked in numerous stage and TV roles during her professional life, but this one comes with an added level of responsibility by nature of the intensely personal and groundbreaking story of the lead character being a trans person.

Boy Meets Girl: It's not the trans Terry And June...

"It's not that most people are mean, it's just that they don't know any trans people. And after this, everyone will feel like they know one." So said Paris Lees, journalist and transgender rights activist, at a preview screening of Boy Meets Girl.

It's about a younger man dating an older woman. It opens as Leo is having a miserable day: he's just been sacked - again - and then he ends up feeling ignored and useless as he tags along with his friends on a night out. At the bar, he begins talking to Judy, an attractive older woman. The BBC may think they're being daring here, but "older woman" is hardly an apt description. The actress looks like a perfectly normal 30-something. This will hardly satisfy those who're saying the BBC, and TV and film in general, should make older women more visible on TV.

Boy Meets Girl preview

It's a love story, not a lecture, its creators say, but behind the humour of Boy Meets Girl lies a journey of discovery.

Elliot Kerrigan on transgender drama Boy Meets Girl

Transgender drama Boy Meets Girl is a sitcom about a couple in love first, and a challenge to society second, writer Elliot Kerrigan explains.

Boy Meets Girl preview

With hints of The Royle Family and Gavin & Stacey, Boy Meets Girl is a delightful warm comedy that can't help but make you feel good.

Boy Meets Girl - Episode 1 review

Obvious comparisons are going to be drawn with Gavin & Stacey - but, rather than being a rip-off, Boy Meets Girl is an educational, sentimental, funny and heart-warming tale of an unlikely love between a boy and a girl.

Rebecca Root's breakthrough could have happened earlier

The Boy Meets Girl actress was cast as a trans woman in Casualty in 2003 but was "devastated" when her role was scrapped by show bosses.

Video: Boy Meets Girl will raise transgender profile

BBC Two is making history with a sitcom that revolves around a transgender character named Judy.

Transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl ushers in new TV era

"Leo, there's something that I need to tell you." Those are the first words from Judy, one of the main characters in BBC Two's new sitcom Boy Meets Girl.