Queer as Folk

Queer As Folk is one of my favourite television series' of all time. Uncommonly witty, sharp - and not to mention explicit - it was a groundbreaking work, the fruits of which (bad choice of words...) television is still reaping, to greater or lesser extent, in everything from Hollyoaks to Coronation Street (in which Antony Cotton plays much the same character he does here, with a touch less of the dirty mouth). Charting the lives, lusts and loves of a group of gay lads in and around Manchester's legendary Canal Street, the series' most shocking revelation - and all the more so for straight viewers like yours truly - was that, actually, gay men and women were ...  Read the complete review

I was luck enough to catch a few episodes of the American version of Queer as Folk whilst staying over there and became completely hooked on it. On returning to the UK I had to wait until December 2001 for the DVD release of season one to watch the ones I couldn't see over there. The story line is basically a copycat of the British one, by where as the British version ran with 10 episodes in total the American version covers their first season in 22 episodes. This allows for much stronger character devolvement and many more spin-off story lines, which I think makes the show a more enjoyable one to watch. The 3 main characters are much the same as the ...  Read the complete review

I have only ever bought two videos in my life, Queer as folk, and Queer as Folk 2. If you caught the series on TV I don't need to tell you how absorbing this series is. If not, it is not for the easily shocked! Queer as Folk is a fictional story based in the gay scene in Manchester and mainly follows the lives of three young men. It is fast, hard hitting, graphic and will probably shock even the most open minded of you. Channel 4 slam you into the first episode, showing two males having sex within the first few minutes, and one of them is only 15! After the first deed, you are thrown into the lives of the main characters. There ...  Read the complete review

Queer As Folk was an enjoyable and groundbreaking show. It was hysterical, gripping and a little emotional, but it's not the best quality show I've seen by far. For a start, QAF 2 shouldn't have been made, I felt better about it before I watched that, nevertheless I really wanted a second series, but they didn't really improve. You can't deny that much of the acting was bad, script wasn't always the best, but at times it had excellent humour. It was interesting, and visually exciting, the sets, the people, it was all new. I suspect though in 20 years time when programs with gay themes are two a penny that QAF although regarded ...  Read the complete review

The best programme ever is a severe understatement, as QAF far surpasses anything i've ever seen on television. I still watch the videos and listen to the fantastic soundtracks every week, and probably will for ever. Wow, what a thought, that i may be watching Stuart Allen Jones into my seventies and beyond. What will my children think, but then again who knows what the state of tv may be like by then. From the opening scene, and what a first scene it is, i was glued and addicted to everyone in it. I especially love the fact that we see Bernie and Vince's mum within minutes, not knowing then of course, who they are and how pivotal they are to the story. ...  Read the complete review