BTW - were you a researcher for dreary-sounding, upcoming channel 4 paedo-drama `secret life` - in which a basically decent paedo tries to fight his urges (yawn! yawn!)

play written by rowan joffe.

SPOOKS star Matthew Macfadyen has defended his role as a paedophile in a disturbing new Channel 4 drama.

Matthew, who recently played Mr Darcy opposite Keira Knightley in the movie Pride And Prejudice, said: “It was very daunting but also exciting to play a role which wasn’t terribly comfortable.

“I think the treatment of paedophiles is a debate worth having, rather than not having. It’s a very difficult subject."

In Secret Life, the actor, 32, plays Charlie, a swimming coach convicted of having sex with three young girls, who is trying to rebuild his life and curb his vile desires after being released from prison...

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