Sex And The City strikes a balance over terror attacks

The team behind Sex And The City say they had to strike a delicate balance for the latest series.

They have tried to include references to September 11 in the scripts.

But executive producer Michael Patrick King said he didn't want to be heavy-handed.

A scene in which Carrie finds the subway entrance roped off because of a terrorist alert was scrapped.

King said the show, starring Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis, couldn't ignore the impact of the attacks.

He said: "The first thing I thought about the show was 'How do we do it? How do you continue?'

"One of the things that people like about the show is that we talk about what goes on in New York, a travelogue of what can happen.

"It's always about the city filtered through these girls' eyes. It was never designed to capture a mass feeling about anything. We never thought about doing a 'Where were you then?' episode, or trying to trivialise the event at all."

The references left in were subtle - a joke about 'manthrax' and a passing mention about the need to shop downtown to help struggling shopkeepers.

The fifth series of Sex And The City will be shown in the UK next year.