Q 01/05

The original 1999 Queer as Folk was set and filmed in which English city?

A) Manchester

B) Liverpool

C) Leeds

D) Birmingham

Answer · why

A) Manchester

Manchester: the writer put his own experience of the city's gay scene at the heart of the script, and the series was shot on location around Canal Str...

Q 02/05

Who wrote the original British Queer as Folk?

A) Paul Abbott

B) Russell T Davies

C) Jimmy McGovern

D) Alan Bennett

Answer · why

B) Russell T Davies

Russell T Davies wrote every episode himself, after a producer urged him to put his own experience of growing up gay at the heart of a script.

Q 03/05

In the British Queer as Folk, what is the name of Stuart's baby son, born in the first episode?

A) Alfred

B) Oscar

C) Harry

D) Daniel

Answer · why

A) Alfred

Alfred is born to Stuart's lesbian friend Romey, and the news breaks into his first night with schoolboy Nathan, so Stuart heads for the hospital.

Q 04/05

Which British broadcaster first aired the original Queer as Folk in 1999?

A) BBC Two

B) ITV Granada

C) Sky One

D) Channel 4

Answer · why

D) Channel 4

Channel 4 broadcast it from February 1999 but later rejected the writer's planned spin-off; he vowed not to work with the channel again and stayed awa...

Q 05/05

Who played the advertising executive Stuart Alan Jones in the British Queer as Folk?

A) Aidan Gillen

B) Craig Kelly

C) John Simm

D) James Nesbitt

Answer · why

A) Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen put the script down after a first read, startled by how bold it was, then came back to it and flew over to audition.