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Vicious, a new British sitcom starring no less legendary thespians than Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, will be airing soon on ITV in the UK, but no word on when or if it will pop over here. The comedy centers around a bickering gay couple who’ve been together for 48 years. “It’s strictly coincidence that this issue is happening in the world,” says Gary Janetti, the American writer who created the series. “But I think whenever the issue of gay marriage comes up the first couples that get married are these people that have been together 50 years, and you see these two women and these two men in their 80s. And I defy anybody not to be moved by that.” Coincidentally, while the second episode of the six-part first season was in production, the British Parliament,  located directly across the Thames from ITV’s studios, was voting to give same sex couples in the UK equal status under the law. “They passed the law while we were filming,” said one of the show’s producers. “We got the news to the actors and Ian and Derrick announced it to the studio audience.” (via thehollywoodreporter)