The First Trailer for Desiree Akhavan Channel 4 Comedy 'The Bisexual' Has Been Released

The show will launches in the UK and Ireland on October 10 at 10pm, and will look examine the life of a woman who has relationships with both men and women.

The Bisexual was created by and stars Desiree Akhavan, who directed The Miseducation of Cameron Post. She plays New Yorker, Leila wholive in London but realises she is feeling lost there. She splits from her girlfriend Sadie (Maxine Peake) and moves in with a ‘stranger off the internet’ - neurotic washed-up novelist Gabe (Brian Gleeson). She begins sleeping with men, but struggles to come out as bisexual to her gay friends.

Channel 4 describe the show as a ‘ raw, funny and unapologetic take on the last taboo’ - bisexuality.

Hot Press spoke with Desiree last month about her new film, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, which is a powerful drama about the harm wrought by gay conversion therapy. You can read the full interview here.

The Bisexual will air on October 10 and will be free to view on All4.

Watch the trailer here: