New series of BBC2’s ‘Rev’ to feature gay marriage storyline

The new series of BBC2 sitcom Rev is likely to feature a gay marriage storyline.

The comedy starring Tom Hollander as an inner-city vicar and Olivia Colman as his wife is due to return over the Easter period – shortly after the first same-sex marriages take place in England and Wales on March 29.

The Radio Times’ Ben Dowell reports: “I am reliably informed that the new series will explore a number of quite serous topics. One of them is expected to be gay marriage.”

Meanwhile, Attitude is to publish its first-ever “bookazine” to celebrate the first same-sex marriages taking place in England and Wales.

The 148-page glossy guide will be available exclusively in print at WHSmith from March 25, and will also be available to download via Attitude’s digital app for tablet and mobile.

The new series of Rev will be the first in nearly three years. The first aired in 2010 followed by a second in 2011.

> Click here for more information on Attitude’s Love and Marriage bookazine