QUEER AS FOLK (1999 - 2000)

 

Created by: Russell T Davies

Starring: Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam, Denise Black, Andy Devine, Antony Cotton, Jason Merrells, Esther Hall, Saira Todd, Carla Henry, Ben Maguire, Alison Burrows, Caroline Pegg, Caroline O'Neill, Peter O'Brien, Jonathon Natynczyk, Maria Doyle Kennedy, John Brobbey, Juley McCann, Sarah Jones, Susan Cookson, Jane Cawdron, Michael Norris, Roxy Hart, Pat Lally, Adam Zane, Pearce Quigley, Alan Halsall, Judy Holt, Ger Ryan, Kate Fitzgerald, Stephen Taylor, Ian McElhinney, Lee Seddon, Paul Copley, Andrew Lancel, Julie Armstrong, Susan McArdle, Olivia K. Critchley, John Wheeler, Kate Rutter, Malcolm Pitt, Stefanie Wilmore, Donna Marie Dawson, Liz Wilde, Jeff Merchant, Mark Ledsham, David J. Nicholls, Tony Maudsley, Clinton Kenyon, Adam Fogerty, David Prosho, Paul Simpson, James Foster, Toshi Dokiya, Anthony Collier, Callum Arnott, Michael Atkinson, Michael Culkin, Stuart Mawdsley, Jack Deam, Andrew Mawdsley, Elizabeth Steele, Richard Slack, David Williamson, Lee Warburton, Jim Shepley, Naomi Radcliffe, Paul Oldham, Steve Ramsden, James Lauren, James McClaren, Sam Cunningham, Alan Rothwell, Robert Ashcroft, Nicholas Riley, Stephen Carlton-Woods, Sarah Leung, Matt Prendergast, Michael Hagen, Alyn Waterman, Gareth Haughton, Michael Hill, Paul Huggett, Alfie Robinson

10 episodes

(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, graphic nudity, drug use)

PLOT:

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.

season 1 - 

Stuart and Vince, stalwarts of the Manchester gay scene, are out on the pull in Canal Street. Stuart pursues a client, Vince (not 'out' at work) is pursued by the new girl and Nathan, verging on obsession, is desperate to find Stuart again. Stuart and Vince, on a wild night out, are pursued by Nathan and Rosalie, and Phil makes a new friend… with deadly consequences. Stuart and Vince go to Phil’s funeral where they meet up with numerous friends including his accountant Cameron Roberts, and come face to face with his mother’s grief. Stuart makes some new friends, while Nathan’s behaviour makes Hazel furious and Janice desperate. Stuart and Marie visit their parents, and Vince introduces Cameron to his mum. Meanwhile, Stuart has a violent confrontation with Nathan’s father. Stuart throws a surprise party for Vince’s 30th birthday, and becomes implicated in a dubious plan to discredit Romey’s potential husband Lance. Vince is petrified that Rosalie has revealed his secret. Stuart experiences rejection for the first time. And Cameron declares his love to Vince. 

season 2 - 

Vince’s love for Stuart remains unrequited, but the sexual buzz between them is becoming irresistible. Stuart is forced to out himself to his parents, when he is blackmailed. Meanwhile, Nathan reappears to celebrate his return from London. When Alexander’s parents turn on him, Stuart’s anger puts him on the wrong side of the law. Vince is up for a promotion at work, while one of Nathan's teachers seems to side with Nathan's bullies.