Andrea Newman obituary

Writer of Bouquet of Barbed Wire, the TV series that shocked audiences and originated a new genre of glossy sex dramasThe poet Philip Larkin suggested that “sexual intercourse began in 1963”. But, for 26 million British television viewers, the breakthrough erotic moment came on 9 January 1976. That Friday night ITV screened the first part of Bouquet of Barbed Wire, written by Andrea Newman, who has died aged 81.In the opening scenes of what became a landmark TV show, known colloquial