The Bisexual: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Bisexual explores the differences between dating men and women from the perspective of a person who finds herself doing both.

New Yorker Leila is feeling lost in London having just left a ten year relationship with girlfriend and business partner Sadie. Moving out of their beautiful, shared apartment, Leila ends up renting a room from neurotic novelist Gabe, a man living in constant fear of missing out and dwarfed by the success of his debut novel which came out 13 years ago and has long been forgotten. Leila finds an unlikely wingman in the form of Gabe. He helps her navigate a new life dating men and women – and Leila, in return, introduces wide-eyed Gabe to the queer scene whilst doing her best to help him decipher his unreadable, sort-of-girlfriend Francisca. As Leila comes to lean more and more on Gabe she finds herself struggling to come out as bisexual to her gay friends.

Series details

• Title: The Bisexual
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2018-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-11-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5/10
• TVMaze ID: 35085
• IMDb ID: tt8050586
• TVDB ID: 350944

Cast and credited roles

• Desiree Akhavan — Leila
• Maxine Peake — Sadie
• Brian Gleeson — Gabe
• Michelle Guillot — Francisca
• Saskia Chana — Deniz
• Eva Birthistle — Laura
• John Dagleish — Jon-Criss
• Naomi Ackie — Ruby
• Niamh Algar — Tania

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-10-10; final listed air date 2018-11-14; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Bisexual on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.