As announced a while ago, Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies is returning to the world of gay-themed TV, and he’s doing it in style with three different shows – Cucumber, Banana and Tofu.
Now the first teaser for the shows has arrived, along with confirmation they’ll hit UK TV in January.
The central show, Cucumber, is about 46-year-old Henry (Vincent Franklin) and his boyfriend Lance (Cyril Nri) whose comfortable and settled existence is shattered after the most disastrous date night in history – involving a threesome, two police cars, and Bony M – and Henry’s new life begins. That will be eight 60-minute instalments that will be shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
Side-characters from Cucumber will then feed into the companion show, Banana, which will air on E4 in 30 minute episodes, while Tofu is a factual series focussing on sex and sexuality, that will take its themes from the shows.That series will be online.
(In case you’re wondering,the titles are references to comparisons Davies heard to the, err, level of a man’s excitedness).
The shows promise to look at the ‘passions and pitfalls of 21st Century gay life’, although those of you in the US may have to wait a while, as Davies has previously hinted it may be a little too hot for American TV. Hopefully we’ll get a better look soon.
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