Aside from Queer as Folk and Sugar Rush - both made for Channel 4 - few fictional television programmes have focused centrally on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) relationships.
The Hour follows the creation of a fictional news programme similarly striving to break away from the static, staid and deferential newsreels of the era – all royal walkabouts and debutante coming-out parties.
A collection of programmes celebrating fictional detectives.
Fans of the Danish political drama "Borgen" will recognise the description: the programme's fictional prime minister, Birgitte Nyborg, leads a intricate coalition of her centrist Moderate Party, the leftist Social Democrats, the Greens and the far-left Solidarity Party.
In another similar compilation there are actually more quotes from fictional male characters in TV programmes such as House of Cards and Yes Minister than from real women politicians.
This was illustrated by thinking on services improvement in the programme around a fictional woman called 'Maisie' who is a carer for her mother who has dementia and who has her own health problems.
They later added that the game was purely entertainment and fictional, comparing it to the television programme Doctor Who.
Rhys Alun Williams, portrayed by Kai Owen, is a fictional character in the BBC television programme Torchwood, a spin-off from the long-running series Doctor Who.
Patients sometimes strongly identified themselves with the fictional characters presented in the ICBT programme.
