Jul
22
BBC Censors ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ In The UK, John Barrowman Takes Issue
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Torchwood: Miracle Day, the first season of the long-running British series produced and filmed in the US, is doing very well on the Starz network but back in the motherland of the UK, it’s hit a bit of a snag. BBC censors have determined that the same-sex love scene that involves Captain Jack Harkness (played by lead John Barrowman) and a male bartender is too racy for broadcast — so they have cut the scene from the upcoming episode. Barrowman has gone on the record to express his disappointment at the BBC‘s decision to censor the scene. Read what he has to say about the censorship below … and check out a few HOT if kinda NSFW screencaps of the same-sex love scene in question below.
JOHN Barrowman has clashed with the BBC by defending Torchwood’s axed explicit gay sex scene – saying it was NOT gratuitous. The gay actor, who plays bisexual Jack Harkness, had filmed a romp with a barman for the current series. TV Biz told this week how bosses cut it, fearing a viewers’ backlash. But Barrowman insisted the scene was vital to the plot, saying: “It’s not gratuitous sex, it facilitates (Read more...)