Playing It Straight

Playing It Straight

2005
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 14 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 48 min/episode
Reality
The reality game show that throws down the ultimate gaydar gauntlet, with money at stake for the man who can 'play it straight'.

Seasons

Season 1
2005 • 6 Episodes
One gorgeous girl - Zoe from Kent - finds herself in paradise when transported to a Mexican hacienda and presented with 11 drop-dead gorgeous men, all with the aim of winning her heart. But not all of them are who they seem... some of them are straight and some of them are gay. If Zoe picks a straight man at the end, the happy couple will split £100,000 prize money between them; but if a gay guy can play it straight, he'll win the whole £100,000 for himself.
Season 2
2012 • 8 Episodes
Eleven boys and one girl arrive in Spain to participate in what they think is a show called Dream Date, until Jameela Jamil reveals that they're actually taking part in Playing It Straight...

Crew

Director
Abi Kelly, Will Innes
Producer
Abi Kelly, Will Innes

Network

Channel 4, E4

Production

Lion Television

Keywords

competitionsexual identitysexualityromancemale homosexualitydatingtroubadourstereotypehidden identitydating show