Vikings: Valhalla

How Outlander's intimacy coordinator creates a safe place on set

Outlander (credit: Amazon Prime Video)

When the credits rolled in 2018 for the second series of The Deuce, HBO’s series about the porn industry in 1970s New York, a job title appeared for the first time on screen– an “intimacy coordinator”. This was a landmark moment for television, instigated by actor Emily Meade in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.