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

Its gay village around Canal Street was the real location; the same street later featured in the 2001 drama Bob & Rose.

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

He went on to revive Doctor Who in 2005 and later wrote It's a Sin, his first script to focus on AIDS.

Q 03/05

The title comes from a Northern English saying, 'there's nowt so queer as folk', which means what?

A) Northerners are the friendliest

B) Everyone keeps a secret

C) Nothing is as strange as people

D) Family is what you make of it

Answer · why

C) Nothing is as strange as people

The script had originally been titled Queer as Fuck before cooler heads prevailed.

Q 04/05

Which British broadcaster aired the original series?

A) BBC Two

B) ITV Granada

C) Sky One

D) Channel 4

Answer · why

D) Channel 4

The writer fell out with the channel after it cancelled the spin-off Misfits and did not work with it again until Cucumber in 2015.

Q 05/05

Who played the sexually voracious advertising executive Stuart Alan Jones in the UK series?

A) Aidan Gillen

B) Craig Kelly

C) Christopher Eccleston

D) James Nesbitt

Answer · why

A) Aidan Gillen

He was nominated for the Best Actor BAFTA in 2000 and later played Littlefinger in Game of Thrones and Tommy Carcetti in The Wire.