Gareth McLean (born c.1975) is a Scottish journalist and screenwriter who has written for ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' newspaper and on

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for the ''

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'' magazine. McLean graduated with an MA (Hons) in English from the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

, working at ''

The Scotsman ''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact (newspaper), compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until ...

'' newspaper as a Feature Writer from 1997 until he began writing as a TV critic for ''The Guardian'' in 1999. He writes the weekly soaps column in the ''Radio Times'', and has been ''The Guardians TV editor since 2003, reviewing television programmes and interviewing actors and actresses. He also writes about current affairs, popular culture, and fashion for ''The Guardian'', and is an infrequent contributor to ''

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'', a London-based gay men's lifestyle magazine. He was shortlisted for the Young Journalist of the Year Award at the British Press Awards in 1997 and 1998. He is a regular contributor to various

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and Independent radio programmes, including

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's '' Woman's Hour'' and ''The Message'', ''The Media Show'' on LBC, and ''The Arts Show'' on

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. He is also a regular contributor to MediaTalk on Guardian Unlimited. In 2017 he wrote a monologue, ''Something Borrowed'', part of a series of one-off dramas entitled ''Queers''. The series was curated by

Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss (; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. Best known for his acting work on stage and screen as well as for co-creating television shows with Steven Moffat, he has received ...

to mark 50 years since the passing of the

Sexual Offences Act 1967 The Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained the age of 21. ...

, which decriminalised homosexual acts in England and Wales. The first production was directed by Mark Gatiss and performed by

Mark Bonnar Richard Mark Bonnar (born 19 November 1968) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Max in ''Guilt (British TV series), Guilt'', Duncan Hunter in ''Shetland (TV series), Shetland'', Bruno Jenkins in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', ...

at The Old Vic on 28 July 2017. Alan Cumming starred in the

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television production, which was broadcast on 3 August 2017.

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