The actor Amanda Redman says British viewers are too uptight about onscreen sex between the over-50s. This is what they are missing …
When it comes to British TV, sex is considered a young person’s game. Wrinkly bottoms and middle-aged paunches are rarely seen on our screens, banished from viewers’ eyes.
The New Tricks actor Amanda Redman has pointed out how American audiences are much more accepting of seeing intimacy between older leads. “I’m watching Madam Secretary and the two leads are in their late 50s and have a really healthy sexual relationship,” she told the Radio Times. “And it’s not repulsive. We in Britain tend to shy away from that. There’s ageism involved there.”
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