Gareth McLean
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Gareth McLean (born c.1975) is a Scottish journalist and screenwriter who has written for
McLean graduated with an MA (Hons) in English from the University of Aberdeen, working at The Scotsman newspaper as a Feature Writer from 1997 until he began writing as a TV critic for The Guardian in 1999. He writes the weekly soaps column in the Radio Times, and has been The Guardian's TV editor since 2003, reviewing television programmes and interviewing actors and actresses.
He also writes about current affairs, popular culture, and fashion for The Guardian, and is an infrequent contributor to
In 2017 he wrote a monologue, Something Borrowed, part of a series of one-off dramas entitled Queers. The series was curated by Mark Gatiss to mark 50 years since the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised homosexual acts in England and Wales.[2] The first production was directed by Mark Gatiss and performed by Mark Bonnar at The Old Vic on 28 July 2017.[3] Alan Cumming starred in the BBC Four television production, which was broadcast on 3 August 2017.[4]
References
- ^ "Menswear: Why Do Women Get The Best Shops?", Introduction to Woman's Hour item, BBC website, 24 June 2003
- ^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - "There are so many amazing and unexpected stories to be told": Mark Gatiss on reflecting a century of gay life in Queers".
- ^ "False".
- ^ "BBC Four - Queers, Series 1, Something Borrowed, Something Borrowed".
External links
- Gareth McLean at IMDb