Scripted series · Channel 4
Queer as Folk
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aidan Gillen
Stuart Jones
10 eps
Craig Kelly
Vince Tyler
10 eps
Charlie Hunnam
Nathan Maloney
10 eps
Esther Hall
Romey Sullivan
10 eps
Denise Black
Hazel Tyler
10 eps
Andy Devine
Bernard Thomas
10 eps
Alison Burrows
Sandra Docherty
9 eps
Caroline O'Neill
Janice Maloney
9 eps
Caroline Pegg
Rosalie Cotter
8 eps
Carla Henry
Donna Clarke
8 eps
Antony Cotton
Alexander Perry
7 eps
Ben Maguire
Christian Hobbs
6 eps
Alfie Robinson
Baby Alfred
8 eps
Saira Todd
Lisa Levene
6 eps
Juley McCann
Siobhan Potter
6 eps
Sarah Jones
Suzie Smith
6 eps
Peter O'Brien
Cameron Roberts
5 eps
Jonathon Natynczyk
Dean 'Dazz' Collinson
4 eps
Susan Cookson
Marcie Finch
4 eps
John Brobbey
Lance Amponah
4 eps
Jane Cawdron
Helen Maloney
4 eps
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Marie Threepwood
3 eps
Pearce Quigley
Graham Beck
2 eps
Judy Holt
Claire Fletcher
2 eps
Susan McCardle
Sally Rawlins
2 eps
Olivia K. Critchley
Baby Alfred
2 eps
Jason Merrells
Phil Delaney
2 eps
Alan Halsall
Midge
2 eps
David Williamson
Bob Green
1 eps
Steve Ramsden
Colin Goodfuk
1 eps
Paul Simpson
Man in Toilet
1 eps
Adam Zane
Dane McAteer
2 eps
Toshi Dokiya
Lee Kane
1 eps
Andrew Lancel
Harvey Black
2 eps
Jim Shepley
Jonathan Walker
1 eps
Paul Oldham
Spike O'Hagan
1 eps
Kate Fitzgerald
Mrs Delaney
2 eps
Elizabeth Steele
Neighbour
1 eps
Michael Culkin
Martin Brooks
1 eps
Jack Deam
Gareth Critchly
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Queer as Folk actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Queer as Folk reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Stuart Jones has got it all. He's rich, drop-dead gorgeous and always the centre of attention. He can be forgiven the arrogance because he's pretty close to perfection. His best mate Vince Tyler is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began, Vince has carried a torch for Stuart but his love remains firmly unrequited. They're both 29, hitting Canal Street every night, stalwarts of the scene but just starting to wonder where else their lives may be going. Then along comes Nathan Maloney. Young, wild and coming out with a vengeance, he crowbars his way into their world and once he arrives, nothing is ever the same again.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 10 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
19998 episodes
6.8IMDbSet in and around the Manchester 'scene', this groundbreaking drama was written by Russell T Davis, and documents the lives and loves of three young gay men: Stuart, Vince and Nathan.
Best episode · S01E01 Thursday
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20002 episodes
5.8IMDbThe two-part sequel to the groundbreaking first series of Queer as Folk blows television off the straight and narrow to report the further misadventures of Stuart, Vince and Nathan - revealing more about their colourful lives, loves and dangerous liaisons.
Best episode · S02E01 Out of the Closet...
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E02
...Into the Fire
- Directed by Menhaj Huda
- Written by Russell T Davies
S02E01
Out of the Closet...
- Directed by Menhaj Huda
- Written by Russell T Davies
S01E06
Meet the Parents
- Directed by Sarah Harding
- Written by Russell T Davies
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Nicola ShindlerExecutive Producer
- Nicola ShindlerProducer
Writing
- Russell T DaviesWriter
Direction
- Sarah HardingDirector
- Charles McDougallDirector
- Menhaj HudaDirector
Cinematography
- Alasdair WalkerDirector of Photography
- Nigel WaltersDirector of Photography
Music
- Murray GoldOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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