Queer as Folks was originally a British show? What was the British version?

Answer 1

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men let loose in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T. Davies, who was also responsible for a later gay-related drama, Bob and Rose.

Queer as Folk was produced by the independent Red Production Company for Channel 4, which had previously shown its openness for gay-themed material with made-for-TV movies such as Beautiful Thing, which was later also given a cinema release. The title of the programme comes from a dialect expression from some parts of Northern England, "there's nought [colloquially pronounced 'nowt'] so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people". Davies had originally titled the series this, although at the suggestion of Channel 4 executives for a period during its development and pre-production it was known as Queer as ****, before it reverted to the former name.[1]

Answer 2

Queer as Folk is actually a British EXPRESSION. It means, "everyone is a little queer (different)." So, Queer as Folk was on in Britian first then Russell Davies brought it to America (although it was filmed in Canada).

He's now making Dr. Who for the Sci Fi Channel! Woot! Which has Captain Jack as a recurring (not enough) character who bisexual and Dr. Who himself isn't afraid of kissing a man or two or three!

Answer 3

Queer as Folk?

Answer 4

It ran for like a season and a half there, and then they brought it here and changed the setting (and some subtleties of the characters, as well as their names) and actually toned it down a bit. Ours had a longer run, and was pretty awesome, but the British one is actually better.

Answer 5

That depends on whether you actually live in Britain or not. Amazon will probably have it.