Various photos of filming on Channel 4′s Cucumber and E4’s Banana have been tweeted online.
Currently shooting in Manchester, the two new eight-part drama series are written and created by Russell T Davies (Doctor Who, Queer as Folk).
Exploring “the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life”, Cucumber stars Vincent Franklin (The Thick of It), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street), Fisayo Akinade (Fresh Meat) and Freddie Fox (Parade’s End), while Banana stars Hannah John-Kamen (Happy Valley), Letitia Wright (Top Boy), Georgia Henshaw (Waterloo Road), Andrew Hayden-Smith (Doctor Who) and comedian Bethany Black in her television debut.
And so it begins… #banana #photoaday #day1/20 @FisayoAkinade @AndrewHaydSmith pic.twitter.com/kRZypLenvF
— Lewis Arnold (@LewisAEA) June 8, 2014
The cast and crew will get tired of these soon… #banana #photoaday #day2/20 @hannahjk1 @Georgiahenshaw1 pic.twitter.com/xRfH90Yur0 — Lewis Arnold (@LewisAEA) June 9, 2014
Filming @sueperkins episode of #Banana in the sunshine, with @hannahjk1 & @Georgiahenshaw1 pic.twitter.com/rXOHViddY6 — Red Production Co. (@RedProductionCo) June 10, 2014
#cucumber filming in Manchester. The boys… well the men….well the girls. Best job ever! pic.twitter.com/YTXxpmTehQ
— Con O’Neill (@cononeilluk) June 8, 2014
And the night gets mental.#cucumber pic.twitter.com/sAFHlygq92 — Matt Strevens (@MattStrevens1) June 10, 2014
Hello Canal Street. Let the revels begin. #Cucumber pic.twitter.com/nViZ0osXzO
— Matt Strevens (@MattStrevens1) June 10, 2014
#cucumber tough job but someone’s got to do it 😉 pic.twitter.com/3ZBliCn22Q — Con O’Neill (@cononeilluk) June 14, 2014
#Banana pic.twitter.com/VbFTm3vBVY
— Fisayo Akinade (@FisayoAkinade) June 17, 2014
Chilling with my co-stars. #banana @DramaOn4 pic.twitter.com/XczjycF7hl — Bethany Black (@BethanyBlack) June 12, 2014
Today I will mostly be in a pretend supermarket. #Cucumber pic.twitter.com/TNkUX9EjlE
— Matt Strevens (@MattStrevens1) June 18, 2014
From what I’ve seen #Cucumber & #Banana are going awfully bloody well. A wonderful bunch of people in front of and behind the cameras. — Andy Pryor C.D.G. (@pryorandy) June 11, 2014
The glamour of working on #Banana with @LewisAEA pic.twitter.com/3otOOWXN4M
— David Rom (@DavidRom_DoP) June 13, 2014
Look who I bumped into at work, it’s only bloody @juliehes! #Banana pic.twitter.com/y5lMm4jIza — Bethany Black (@BethanyBlack) June 16, 2014
Freddie Fox living the dream on day 4… #banana #photoaday #day4/20 pic.twitter.com/AHdFkNedzl
— Lewis Arnold (@LewisAEA) June 11, 2014
Russell T Davies commented earlier this month: “The joy of Banana is in the beautiful, charming, witty and sometimes heart breaking stories of a wide variety of characters, be they gay, lesbian, transgender or anything in-between.”
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