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Banana

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 47 votes

Through eight stand-alone stories, this series follows different aspects of LGBT life. Each episode focuses on the unique storyline of a diverse character dealing with life, loves and losses. Scotty is a young lesbian dealing with unrequited love, while Dean harbors family secrets and has an affair with a mystery man from Newcastle. Sian is torn between her lover and her overprotective mother. Helen has an ex who won't leave her alone.

Created by
Russell T Davies
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
Episode length
~23m
First aired
Jan 22, 2015
Networks
E4
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of Banana

  • Portrait of Letitia Wright

    Letitia Wright

    Vivienne Scott

  • Portrait of Fisayo Akinade

    Fisayo Akinade

    Dean Monroe

  • Portrait of Hannah John-Kamen

    Hannah John-Kamen

    Violet

  • Portrait of Bethany Black

    Bethany Black

    Helen

  • Portrait of T'Nia Miller

    T'Nia Miller

    Kay

  • Portrait of Luke Newberry

    Luke Newberry

    Josh

  • Portrait of Georgia Henshaw

    Georgia Henshaw

    Sian

  • Portrait of Charlie Covell

    Charlie Covell

    Amy

  • Portrait of Chloe Harris

    Chloe Harris

    Sophie

  • Portrait of Dino Fetscher

    Dino Fetscher

    Aiden Hawley

  • Portrait of Lynn Hunter

    Lynn Hunter

    Vanessa Moore

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Seasons

  • Poster for Series 1 of Banana

    Series 1

    Jan 22, 2015

    8 episodes

    Banana was commissioned in 2013 as a sister show to Davies' long-developed project Cucumber, along with the online documentary series Tofu. The three series refer to a urological scale of erection hardness, which consists of tofu, peeled banana, banana, and cucumber. Unlike Cucumber, which focuses primarily on middle-aged gay men, Banana focuses on LGBT youth in Manchester that are on the periphery of the Cucumber narrative. The two series are primarily linked through the crossover character of Dean Monroe (Fisayo Akinade), who appears as a major character in both series, and are contrasted by social acceptance of the characters; whereas Akinade's character is more "open and confident" about his sexuality, the characters of Cucumber are former activists whose sexuality had to be less open.

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