"Queer as Folk" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Directors:

Sarah Harding
Charles McDougall

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

23 February 1999 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Controversial Drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, and also 15 year old Nathan who is in love with Stuart

Plot Keywords:

Gay | First Gay Sexual Experience | Homosexual Scene | Unrequited Love | Homosexual

Awards:

6 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Aidan Gillen	...	Stuart Alan Jones / ... (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Craig Kelly	...	Vince Tyler (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Charlie Hunnam	...	Nathan Maloney (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Denise Black	...	Hazel Tyler (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Andy Devine	...	Bernard Thomas / ... (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Caroline Pegg	...	Rosalie Cotter (9 episodes, 1999-2000)
Esther Hall	...	Romey Sullivan (9 episodes, 1999-2000)
Caroline O'Neill	...	Janice Maloney (9 episodes, 1999-2000)
Carla Henry	...	Donna Clark (8 episodes, 1999)
Alfie Robinson	...	Baby Alfred (8 episodes, 1999)
Alison Burrows	...	Sandra Docherty (8 episodes, 1999-2000)
Antony Cotton	...	Alexander Perry (7 episodes, 1999-2000)
Saira Todd	...	Lisa Levene (7 episodes, 1999)
Ben Maguire	...	Christian Hobbs (7 episodes, 1999-2000)
Juley McCann	...	Siobhan Potter (6 episodes, 1999)
Sarah Jones	...	Suzie Smith (6 episodes, 1999)
Peter O'Brien	...	Cameron Roberts (5 episodes, 1999)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 (edited version) | France:-12 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

ASDA, Princess Road, Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Trivia:

Episodes 5 and 6 were originally to have been written by another writer. However when early drafts proved unsatisfactory, the writer was fired and 'Russell T Davies' elected to write the entire series himself. As a result of this, episodes 5 and 6 were written after episode 7 (but before episode 8) and were somewhat lacking in plot. Davies has never revealed which writer let them down.

Quotes:

Stuart Alan Jones: He's a calendar, that kid, he's a clock, a great big stopwatch, staring me in the face. Cos he gets older. That's all he can do. Do you know what that means? I'm getting older. Look at me, is that old? That's not old. Can't get rid of him, twenty years time he'll still be there. Mind you they don't always live, meningitis - that's a good one!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Glam Rock/Queer as Folk (#1.19)" (1999)

experience love, sex and relationship of gay guys

Well, i have to say that the film is very well written. Its shows the love life of a young gay boy who comes out to the world and let the whole world know who he is. I believe that the film is intend to tell us to believe and be always proud of ourselves. For most of the gay guys out there who afraid to reveal their truth about their sexual preference, well QAF will probably the one gay film you should watch, so that you may get some ideas how those people in the film trying to show us - "The difficulty of life, not just you, there a lot of us out there - You're not alone"