Queer as Folk
- Director: Sarah Harding; Charles McDougall
- Writer: Russell T. Davies
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It certainly pushed the boundaries - some would say too far for mainstream TV...but, those are the puritans.
A series like this only comes around once in a while.
And....it is groundbreaking stuff - not only in subject matter...but, in the amateurish lack of talent on display.
Not one of the main actors can be commended - wooden line delivery...
Hunnan has gone on to do bigger (not necessarily better) things...has no-one noticed that this pretty face has no dramatic talent?!?
Craig Kelly...still a jobbing actor...his spotlight really did end with this.
Gillen has gone on to do some interesting work - he was the best out of a bad bunch.
It only lasted for 10 episodes (unlike its American cousin)...still, through the mists of time - it will be remembered fondly.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Two gay friends, Vince and Stuart, live on a cocktail of sex, drugs and clubbing. They are both 29, and Stuart is the type of guy who cops off every time he goes out. One night, he spots 15-year-old Nathan, and brings him back to his apartment where they make love. Now, Nathan is still after Stuart, but Stuart just thinks of Nathan as one in a long line of one night stands.
Cast & Characters
Aidan Gillen as Stuart Alan Jones;
Craig Kelly as Vince Tyler;
Charlie Hunnam as Nathan Maloney;
Denise Black as Hazel Tyler;
Andy Devine as Bernard Thomas;
Esther Hall as Romey Sullivan;
Caroline O'Neill as Janice Maloney;
Caroline Pegg as Rosalie Cotter;
Carla Henry as Donna Clark;
Alfie Robinson as Baby Alfred;
Alison Burrows as Sandra Docherty;
Antony Cotton as Alexander Perry;
Saira Todd as Lisa Levene;
Ben Maguire as Christian Hobbs;
Juley McCann as Siobhan Potter