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Television · 1999

Queer as Folk

Charles McDougall, Menhaj Huda, Sarah Harding, Russell T Davies

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Queer as Folk
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Reroutes the urban isolation thread into film so the line keeps moving.

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.

This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.

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Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.

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