Dear Internet Peers
Can you help me identify the programme that the following scene might be from? It's probably from a British post-1990 sitcom, but I could be wrong.
As far as I remember, the scene goes something like this; a woman is on a date (at a wine bar/restaurant?) with a closeted man. The set up is something along the lines of the woman asking if the man is laddish/masculine/an alpha male when with his guy friends? The man replies with something like "No, not at all" which is a relief to the woman. The closeted man then goes on to deliver the punchline, being something like "In fact, I haven't got any male friends at all..." thus hinting at his closetedness, the source of the humour.
The aspect of my attempted description that is probably closest to the actual scene is the punchline. It stands out as a succinct and economical encapsulation of the insecurities of men and women, gay and straight.
The show doesn't seem to be Coupling, Black Books, IT Crowd, Not Going Out, My Family, Game On, Little Britain, Catherine Tate, 2 Pints of Lager (or Cheers, Frasier, Friends), although all these shows do feature similar situations - variations on straight people interacting with closeted people make for a strong sub-trope.
Please help if you can
Kind regards
Many thanks
