[Jarrod]

Luke Smith was going to "come out" as gay in the fifth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures - but due to the death of Elisabeth Sladen the production stopped immediately. I do think that if this would have happened, it would have been a great way to portray acceptance to a wider children's audience. The show had a massive following of young viewers.

This idea did come around in some form though as RTD's children's show Wizards VS Aliens now has a main gay character. I think it's wonderful.