Banana (TV series)
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Genre | Ben Foster |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Producer | Emily Feller |
Production locations | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England |
Running time | 23 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | E4 |
Release | 22 January 12 March 2015 | –
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Banana is a 2015 British television series created by
Banana develops some of the storylines of characters featured in Cucumber as well as introducing many new characters. Banana is primarily a self-contained series, occasional overlapping with the Cucumber narrative. Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu are all named after the same scale of
Development
Banana was commissioned in 2013 as a sister show to Davies' long-developed project Cucumber, along with the online documentary series Tofu.[2] The three series refer to a urological scale of erection hardness, which consists of tofu, peeled banana, banana, and cucumber.[3] Unlike Cucumber, which focuses primarily on middle-aged gay men, Banana focuses on LGBT youth in Manchester that are on the periphery of the Cucumber narrative. The two series are primarily linked through the crossover character of Dean Monroe (Fisayo Akinade), who appears as a major character in both series, and are contrasted by social acceptance of the characters; whereas Akinade's character is more "open and confident" about his sexuality, the characters of Cucumber are former activists whose sexuality had to be less open.[3]
Whereas Davies' 1999–2000 series
Production
Filming took place from June to September 2014.[5]
Episodes
No. | Title | Central character | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | Episode 1 | Dean (Fisayo Akinade) | Lewis Arnold | Russell T Davies | 22 January 2015 |
2 | Episode 2 | Scotty (Letitia Wright) | Lewis Arnold | Russell T Davies | 29 January 2015 |
3 | Episode 3 | Sian & Violet (Georgia Henshaw & Hannah John-Kamen) | Lewis Arnold | Sue Perkins | 5 February 2015 |
4 | Episode 4 | Helen (Bethany Black) | Lewis Arnold | Charlie Covell | 12 February 2015 |
5 | Episode 5 | Josh & Sophie (Luke Newberry & Chloe Harris) | Luke Snellin | Matthew Barry | 19 February 2015 |
6 | Episode 6 | Kay (T'Nia Miller) Amy (Charlie Covell) | Al Mackay | Charlie Covell | 26 February 2015 |
7 | Episode 7 | Aiden & Frank (Dino Fetscher & Alex Frost) | Luke Snellin | Lee Warburton | 5 March 2015 |
8 | Episode 8 | Vanessa & Zara (Lynn Hunter & Nikki Fagbemi) | Al Mackay | Russell T Davies | 12 March 2015 |
International broadcast
The series premiered on Logo in the United States on 13 April 2015 to a very low 24,000 viewers, which was less than half the viewership that had watched Cucumber before it.[6]
The series airs on
The series is also available on
Notes
- ^ "GLAAD Media Awards: The Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Brown, Maggie (19 November 2013). "Russell T Davies to explore 21st-century gay life in two Channel 4 dramas". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Martin, Dan (17 January 2015). "Russell T Davies: 'Equality doesn't mean happiness'". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Julie and Vince on Passing the Baton. Cucumber website. Channel 4. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ Plaice, Andy. "Interview: Cucumber and Banana star Bethany Black". The Stage. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.13.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Banana at IMDb
- Banana at Rotten Tomatoes