Head of BBC crime series “The Jetty” reacts to queer “love affair” between characters

“I think it’s a love affair,” Jones explained ^ “Pink News”. “Even though it starts out in this very cruel and manipulative way – Amy recruits Caitlin and realizes that Caitlin has some attraction to her, uses her as a weapon against her and uses her – Amy doesn’t expect that she’ll actually end up developing feelings for Caitlin.”

The show boss also revealed that Amy – who initially does not return her feelings for Caitlin – is so “problematic” that she does not realise her feelings for Caitlin “until it is too late”.

“If she had met Caitlin under different circumstances, it would have turned out differently,” she added. “It’s incredibly tragic that it’s just out of reach, that something good (and) very special between them is just out of reach.”

She also said: The jetty is both a coming-of-age story and a thriller, noting that “in some ways we’re telling her coming out story with Caitlin, but it’s equally a coming out story with Amy.”

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“Although it’s more obvious that Caitlin is queer and struggling to come out… they’re both working on figuring out who they are,” she continued. “It’s always difficult to watch these stories, especially when you’ve written them yourself and are drawing on your own experiences.”

Jones went on to stress the importance of telling queer stories today, saying that anyone who downplays the need is “not seeing what’s going on in the world.”

“Our rights are under threat. That’s why it’s important to introduce queer characters to a BBC One audience who may not be so used to seeing these characters and say, ‘Look at her, the love she feels and look at the choices she makes. She’s no different to you.'”

All episodes of The jetty are now available on BBC iPlayer.

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