"This is a show I had to write because the world is getting stranger, tougher and darker," says Davies.

Entitled Tip Toe, the new five-part series will see Davies reunite with Quay Street Productions and Nicola Shindler, who he worked previously with on Queer as Folk and It's a Sin. Tip Toe will also be directed by Peter Hoar, who is best known for his work on It's a Sin, The Last of Us and the upcoming season of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies returns to drama with Tip Toe, a spiritual sequel to Queer as Folk but set in darker current times.

Davies, who is also known for his work on Doctor Who, will write and produce the new five part series set in Manchester The post It’s A Sin and Queer As Folk writer Russell T Davies announces Tip Toe,

Russell T Davies’ most recent Channel 4 drama was the extraordinary and critically acclaimed, It’s A Sin, which powerfully examined the devastating human story behind the 1980s AIDS crisis and went on to become Channel 4’s biggest ever instant boxset on streaming.

Russell T Davies is returning to Channel 4 with a powerful new drama, Tip Toe, a five-part series that explores the rising threats facing the LGBTQ+ community today. Tip Toe will examine how prejudice is creeping back into society, weaponised in ways that blur truth and lies, creating an atmosphere of growing tension.

RTD returns to Channel 4 for new LGBTQ+ drama Tip Toe, set in Manchester's and examining issues of prejudice in today's society.

Writer, producer and LGBTQ+ trailblazer Russell T Davies has been commissioned to create a new drama series, Tip Toe, which will “explore the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community today”.