Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent on London Spy: ‘It’s not a gay story. It’s about guys who happen to be gay’ | Television & radio | The Guardian

Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent on London Spy: ‘It’s not a gay story. It’s about guys who happen to be gay’ | Television & radio | The Guardian

Part romance, part chilly thriller, the new BBC espionage drama is taking the genre into bold new territory. We go on set with its stars. Braving the wintry weather, the London Spy crew have set up camp in a deserted box building off a side street, south of the river in Kennington. Supermarket bags snagged in dead trees, sirens wailing in the distance, the clanging of corrugated iron ... But never trust appearances, is what I’m told ... ....