Russell T. Davies to Helm New Five-Part Queer Drama 'Tip Toe'
Not content to simply travel through time and space in the TARDIS these days, current Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies is now also working on a brand new LGBTQ+ drama for the British network Channel 4 that sounds almost painfully timely in its subject matter. Titled Tip Toe, the series promises to explore "the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community today".
No stranger to making shows that wrestle with complex and occasionally controversial topics, Davies has done some of his best work with Channel 4 in recent years, including the gut-wrenching (and award-winning!) AIDS drama It's a Sin, and Cucumber, a story about life as a middle-aged gay man.
With Tip Toe, Davies will return to Manchester’s iconic Canal Street, made world-famous by his 1990s Channel 4 hit Queer as Folk. The five-part drama will follow the story of Leo and Clive, neighbors who live next door to one another. Leo runs a bar on Canal Street and Clive's an electrician with two teenage sons. But as the world around them becomes increasingly radicalized, tensions rise between the two men. Words become weapons, opinions become fixed beliefs and, gradually, two neighbors become deadly enemies.
