True Love: Holly (Billie Piper) and Karen (Kaya Scodelario).
Image: Joss Barratt/BBC/Working Title

So yes, this is starting tonight on the Beeb. True Love is basically an improv drama: apparently the actors were given the general story arc for the series and for each scene, but no script. All the dialogue is the actors’ own, and no-one ever knew whether or not the director was filming. Sounds fairly intriguing.

But enough about all that dramatic fancypants nonsense! What we really care about is the same-sex fumblings, no?

That’s right! If you were left bereft by the six-episode abruptness (and sheer oddness) of Lip Service Part Deux, well Billie Piper will be locking lips with Kaya Scodelario.

Woohoo!

True Love: Holly’s class

Except Scoledario’s character is a school pupil, and Piper plays her teacher.

Oh dear.. (Is it getting a little bit Helen Goddard around Broadcasting House? Yikes..)

True Love: Holly (Billie Piper) and Karen (Kaya Scodelario).
Image: Joss Barratt/BBC/Working Title

True Love: Full trailer

You can watch “True” Love tonight (17th June 2012) on BBC1 at 10:25pm BBC1 Northern Ireland at 10:50pm

PLUS!

Sharon Horgan’s “Dead Boss” (BBC Three, every Thursday) features a lesbian inmate. Of course! (The Irish Times reviewed episode one here.)

More on True Love:

• Digital Spy
• The Sun
• Times of India
• Wikipedia
• And sure, here’s some wee tumblr gifs