BBC2 (UK) commissions Britain's first transgender sitcom 'Boy Meets Girl'

BBC2 has commissioned Britain’s first transgender sitcom after picking up a script which was discovered through a nationwide talent search.

Boy Meets Girl is a romantic comedy which follows the developing relationship between Leo, a 26 year-old man and Judy, a 40 year-old woman.

However Judy is transgender and is played by Rebecca Root, a transgender actor, in the pilot episode.

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