Queer as Folk (UK): Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Channel 4 | Season Premiere Date: February 23, 1999

Starring: Antony Cotton, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam

Summary: Stuart Jones (Aidan Gillen) 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 (Craig Kelly) is funny, adorable and definitely a babe but, unlike his friend, has zero confidence in himself. Since time began,Stuart Jones (Aidan Gillen) 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 (Craig Kelly) 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 (Charlie Hunnam). 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.… Expand

Creator: Russell T. Davies

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Health & Lifestyle

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Episode Eight
Air Date: April 13, 1999
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S1:E8. Crimes of the Heart
Air Date: unknown
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S1:E7. Episode Seven
Air Date: April 6, 1999

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The Guardian Hannah Verdier

May 24, 2022

Channel 4’s turn-of-the-millennium exploration of life on Manchester’s Canal Street is packed with uplifting moments, painful shocks and sexy shenanigans. Read full review

Evan Sawdey

May 24, 2022

The reason why Queer As Folk largely works is because it’s driven by the characters, not their sexuality. Read full review

Sarah Lyall

May 24, 2022

As Queer as Folk continued its eight-week run, a strange thing happened. It began to mellow into a compelling drama that many viewers began to find as absorbing as any late-night soap opera. [15 Apr 1999, p.E1]

The Independent Robert Hanks

May 24, 2022

Honestly, the men in Russell T Davies's drama, with their rabbity, unchecked impulses and their feckless lifestyles, are not a sympathetic bunch. Least of all Stuart, the homme fatal at the centre, whose thoroughgoing egoism is absurdly overwritten, and whose loft-style apartment is quite repellently chic. [26 Feb 1999, p.18]

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itsrobert13

Nov 12, 2014

I met this tv show when the US version of this came to an end, and you know the proverb about curiosity. It was the the best decision I've ever made. Both the first and second season made me mourn with their end, and continues today.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 15, 2000
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 23, 1999
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  S1:E8. Episode Eight
  Air Date: April 13, 1999
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  S1:E8. Crimes of the Heart
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E7. Episode Seven
  Air Date: April 6, 1999
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  S1:E7. That's What Friends Are For
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E6. Episode Six
  Air Date: March 30, 1999
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  S1:E6. Married...with Children
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E6. Episode 006
  Air Date: April 8, 2014
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  S1:E5. Episode Five
  Air Date: March 23, 1999
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  S1:E5. Constant Craving
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E5. Episode 005
  Air Date: April 1, 2014
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  S1:E4. Episode Four
  Air Date: March 16, 1999
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: March 16, 1999
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  S1:E3. Episode Three
  Air Date: March 9, 1999
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: March 9, 1999
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  S1:E2. Episode Two
  Air Date: March 2, 1999
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  S1:E1. Episode One
  Air Date: February 23, 1999