Channel 4 commissions new drama from Russell T Davies about LGBT+ community

Screenwriter Russell T Davies volition instrumentality to Channel 4 with a caller play examining the challenges facing the LGBT+ community.

It follows the occurrence of award-winning bid It’s A Sin, which aired successful 2021 and told the communicative of a radical of young friends surviving successful London during the HIV/Aids situation successful the 1980s.

Five-part bid Tip Toe volition travel electrician Clive, who has 2 teenage sons, and Leo, who runs a barroom connected Canal Street successful Manchester.

This is simply a amusement I had to constitute due to the fact that the satellite is getting stranger, tougher and darker, and frankly, the combat is on

Russell T Davies

“Words go weapons” and “opinions go radicalised”, according to a statement of the drama, which says the 2 neighbours go “deadly enemies”.

Writer and creator Davies, 61, said: “It’s my honour to harvester my aged home, Channel 4, with my 2nd home, Canal Street.

“This is simply a amusement I had to constitute due to the fact that the satellite is getting stranger, tougher and darker, and frankly, the combat is on.”

The Welsh screenwriter initially gained designation for his Channel 4 bid Queer As Folk, which archetypal aired successful 1999.

His drama, It’s A Sin, starring popular prima Olly Alexander, was a ratings occurrence and helped the channel’s streaming work to execute its champion monthly viewing figures astatine the time.

The intersexual wellness charity, Terrence Higgins Trust, reported a surge successful HIV investigating aft its launch, according to the broadcaster.

Nicola Shindler, enforcement producer, said: “I americium truthful pleased to beryllium backmost moving with Russell astatine Channel 4, and to beryllium fixed the accidental to archer specified an important story.

“Tip Toe is not conscionable a timely drama, but a captivating communicative changeable done with Russell’s superb wit, warmth and devastating poignancy.”

Ollie Madden, manager of Film4 and Channel 4 drama, added: “It is simply a immense privilege to backmost this singular caller bid from Russell, 1 of the top writers of our time, and the antheral down immoderate of our astir era-defining hits, including Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin.

“We couldn’t emotion Tip Toe more: it is funny, gripping, afloat of heart, and an urgent telephone to arms.”

Casting for the amusement volition beryllium announced successful owed course.

The bid volition beryllium produced by Quay Street Productions, which is portion of ITV Studios, with Shindler, Davies and Peter Hoar serving arsenic enforcement producers.