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Dafydd Thomas Meets The New Gay
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The setup
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The premise
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In the pub at Llandewi Breffi, Dafydd Thomas complains to barmaid Myfanwy that he is lonely as the village's only gay man, so she arranges for a gay lodger newly arrived from Cardiff to come and meet him. The newcomer, dressed in rubber much like Dafydd and starting a job at the local florist, is happy to find company, but Dafydd refuses to accept him and sets an impromptu gay trivia test. The stranger answers easily while Dafydd gets his own question wrong, and when the visitor mentions his actual experience with men, Myfanwy notes that it is more than Dafydd can claim. Dafydd sends him back to Cardiff, Myfanwy tells him off for wasting the chance, and Dafydd accuses her of homophobia.
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Highly quotable.
I always thought it was Captain Peacock. He's the one with the moustache.
You're probably just a little bit poofy.
I am gay. I've had sex with men and everything.
That's more than you've had, Dafydd.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Matt Lucas
Writer
David Walliams
Writer
Steve Bendelack
Director
Myfanwy Moore
Producer
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
An earlier version of this encounter, listed as "New gay in the Village", appeared in the 2000 radio pilot of Little Britain before the television series.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Speaker 1
It's Julia o'clock here in the well-smiling village of Llandu-i-Brefi and out gay man Dafydd Thomas is enjoying a drink.
- 00:08
Dafydd Thomas
Can I have another Bacardi and Coke, please, my vanwy?
- 00:12
Myfanwy
Coming right up.
- 00:14
Dafydd Thomas
Oh, bloody hell, my vanwy, I'm so down.
- 00:16
Myfanwy
Oh, why is that, Dafydd?
- 00:18
Dafydd Thomas
It's so hard being the only gay in the village. Oh, I just dream of the day I could meet other gays who understand what it's like to be a gay.
- 00:25
Myfanwy
Oh, I was going to tell you. I was talking to old Mar Evans and she's got a new lodger from Cardiff and guess what he is a gay
- 00:34
Dafydd Thomas
what in the village
- 00:37
Myfanwy
apparently yes I told her to send him over here tonight so you could meet him This must be him now.
- 00:48
New Gay in the Village
can I have a Bacarian Coke please oh you must be daffodil
- 00:53
Myfanwy
there you go I leave you boys to it
- 00:58
Dafydd Thomas
no don't go away just just passing through are you
- 01:04
New Gay in the Village
oh no I've got a job here at the forest and I'm looking for somewhere to live I thought a very nice cottage but that's another story
- 01:11
Dafydd Thomas
is it
- 01:14
New Gay in the Village
yes
- 01:15
Dafydd Thomas
you claim to be a gay you do
- 01:20
New Gay in the Village
yes I am a mrs. Evans said I should come and talk to you because you're the only gay in the village well now you're not now there's two of us
- 01:27
Dafydd Thomas
no No, you are not a gay. I am gay.
- 01:30
New Gay in the Village
I am gay.
- 01:32
Dafydd Thomas
All right, then, if you're gay, who played Dorothy in the film The Wizard of Oz?
- 01:36
New Gay in the Village
Judy Garland.
- 01:38
Dafydd Thomas
How do you know that?
- 01:39
New Gay in the Village
It's easy. Everyone knows that.
- 01:41
Dafydd Thomas
All right, then, this will get you. Who is the gay character and are you being served?
- 01:46
New Gay in the Village
Mr Humphreys.
- 01:48
Dafydd Thomas
Was it?
- 01:49
New Gay in the Village
Yes.
- 01:51
Dafydd Thomas
Well, that's very subtle, then. I always thought it was Captain Peacock. He's the one with the moustache.
- 01:58
New Gay in the Village
Well, I seem to have passed your gay test, so I must be gay.
- 02:01
Dafydd Thomas
No, you are not a gay. I am the gay. You're probably just a little bit poofy.
- 02:05
New Gay in the Village
I am gay. I've had sex with men and everything.
- 02:08
Myfanwy
That's more than you've had, Davies.
- 02:09
Dafydd Thomas
Shut up, my fanboy! I am the only gay in this village, and that's that.
- 02:13
New Gay in the Village
Oh, maybe I should go.
- 02:15
Dafydd Thomas
Yes, back to Cardiff. We've already got one gay in Llanduwi Brevi. We don't need another one.
- 02:20
New Gay in the Village
Well, goodbye, then.
- 02:22
New Gay in the Village
Provincial queens.
- 02:24
Myfanwy
Dick Thomas, you bloody fool! You're kind of a bit of cock, then!
- 02:32
Myfanwy
Oh, I'm the holy gay in the village, you're full of shit you are.
- 02:37
Dafydd Thomas
That's exactly the kind of homophobic attitude I'd come to expect in this village. Good day.
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