Playing It Straight

Playing It Straight

Ended First aired 08/Apr/2005 United Kingdom English 2 season(s) 14 episode(s)
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The reality game show that throws down the ultimate gaydar gauntlet, with money at stake for the man who can 'play it straight'.
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Season 2 · Series 2
8 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Jan/2012
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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...

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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...

S2E8
Episode 8
Air date: 27/Feb/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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Jameela Jamil presents a tale of love and deceit in the Spanish sun. One beautiful girl must pick her dream partner from eleven boys. If she gets it right they both walk away with £25k each.

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Jameela Jamil presents a tale of love and deceit in the Spanish sun. One beautiful girl must pick her dream partner from eleven boys. If she gets it right they both walk away with £25k each.

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S2E7
Episode 7
Air date: 20/Feb/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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The theme of the semi-final is the 'modern man'. The boys are under pressure to be strong but sensitive and endure a series of challenges before a surprise double elimination.

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The theme of the semi-final is the 'modern man'. The boys are under pressure to be strong but sensitive and endure a series of challenges before a surprise double elimination.

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S2E6
Episode 6
Air date: 13/Feb/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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This week is all about camping it up in the Pyrenees as the guys are put through their paces by extreme orienteering, serenading Cara around the campfire, and abseiling down a cliff.

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This week is all about camping it up in the Pyrenees as the guys are put through their paces by extreme orienteering, serenading Cara around the campfire, and abseiling down a cliff.

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S2E5
Episode 5
Air date: 06/Feb/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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After a trip to the Dali Museum the boys must draw two nude life models, the painter of the best picture wins a date with Cara. And Jameela announces a suprise elimination.

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After a trip to the Dali Museum the boys must draw two nude life models, the painter of the best picture wins a date with Cara. And Jameela announces a suprise elimination.

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S2E4
Episode 4
Air date: 30/Jan/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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The action moves to the gay mecca of Sitges where the locals try to help Cara. Jameela delivers a surprise of two new beefy boys who join the show and then there's a fish-gutting task.

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The action moves to the gay mecca of Sitges where the locals try to help Cara. Jameela delivers a surprise of two new beefy boys who join the show and then there's a fish-gutting task.

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S2E3
Episode 3
Air date: 23/Jan/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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The remaining boys face three challenges - laughing Cara into bed, lingerie removal and a kissing challenge - before acting as models as Cara directs a cover shoot for a gay magazine.

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The remaining boys face three challenges - laughing Cara into bed, lingerie removal and a kissing challenge - before acting as models as Cara directs a cover shoot for a gay magazine.

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S2E2
Episode 2
Air date: 16/Jan/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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The boys are given a tour of a Catalan sausage museum and then take part in a cookery contest to secure a date with Cara while the losers face a good old pelting with rotten tomatoes.

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The boys are given a tour of a Catalan sausage museum and then take part in a cookery contest to secure a date with Cara while the losers face a good old pelting with rotten tomatoes.

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S2E1
Episode 1
Air date: 09/Jan/2012 · Runtime: 48 min
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Eleven boys compete for the affections of single girl Cara. But Jameela reveals to Cara that, while some of the boys are straight, others are playing it straight and competing for a cash prize...

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Eleven boys compete for the affections of single girl Cara. But Jameela reveals to Cara that, while some of the boys are straight, others are playing it straight and competing for a cash prize...

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Season 1 · Series 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 08/Apr/2005
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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.

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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.

S1E6
Episode 6
Air date: 13/May/2005 · Runtime: 48 min
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Last in the series of the reality game show that tests one girl's gaydar, with a huge cash prize at stake. After the tensions and revelations of last time, just three men are left.

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Last in the series of the reality game show that tests one girl's gaydar, with a huge cash prize at stake. After the tensions and revelations of last time, just three men are left.

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S1E5
Episode 5
Air date: 06/May/2005 · Runtime: 48 min
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The penultimate episode in the series with £50,000 up for grabs for Zoe, and the whole £100,000 available to the gay man who can 'play it straight'.

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The penultimate episode in the series with £50,000 up for grabs for Zoe, and the whole £100,000 available to the gay man who can 'play it straight'.

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S1E4
Episode 4
Air date: 29/Apr/2005 · Runtime: 48 min
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Just six men are left standing, but how many of them are playing it straight? More tests take place, to help Zoe and steer her towards the prize.

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Just six men are left standing, but how many of them are playing it straight? More tests take place, to help Zoe and steer her towards the prize.

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S1E3
Episode 3
Air date: 22/Apr/2005 · Runtime: 48 min
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With two more boys gone from the hacienda, Zoe gets a chance to see just how rugged the rest are as they set off on horseback to camp under the stars.

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With two more boys gone from the hacienda, Zoe gets a chance to see just how rugged the rest are as they set off on horseback to camp under the stars.

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S1E1
Episode 1
Air date: 08/Apr/2005 · Runtime: 48 min
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June Sarpong presents the reality game show where one beautiful girl must pick her dream partner from 10 handsome, single men. The twist is that some of the men are gay...

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June Sarpong presents the reality game show where one beautiful girl must pick her dream partner from 10 handsome, single men. The twist is that some of the men are gay...

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Zoe Hardman
Zoe Hardman
Herself (uncredited)
Jameela Jamil
Jameela Jamil
Herself - Presenter
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
Narrator (voice)
Alan Carr
Alan Carr
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Cara Finnegan
Herself (uncredited)
June Sarpong
June Sarpong
Herself - Presenter
Brian Beacock
Brian Beacock
Troubadour
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Gary Albert Hughes
Gerald the Troubadour (uncredited)
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Robert Castell
Pablo the Troubadour (uncredited)

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Sean Nolan
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Abi Kelly
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Angelo Abela
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Paul Griffin
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Will Innes
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Adam Wood
Adam Wood
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Jeremy Mills
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Gary Albert Hughes
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Robert Castell
Original Music Composer

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