The Long Call, gay-led British crime drama

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It's still incredibly rare to see a queer male headline a detective drama so I have no idea how this slipped under my radar. The Long Call is a 4-part standalone adaptation of Ann Cleeves' 2019 mystery novel of the same title. Out actor Ben Aldridge stars as Detective Inspector Matthew Venn who returns to his conservative village with his husband Jonathan (fellow out actor Declan Bennett, whom EastEnders fans may recognise from his stints as Charlie Cotton, Dot's sole surviving grandson) for his father's funeral and finds himself investigating a local murder.

Playlist of Matthew and Jonathan's scenes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MOxbENBXs&list=PLYmhrcZX2tfzbGeNpYHA_GGqm1YHd2q7k