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ScottishWoody
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Seen this show advertised on the 4 channels for a few weeks now. Looks interesting having 3 shows all connected to one another.
A little research shows it appears to be an updated Queer as Folk, starting 9pm on Thursday January 22nd:
Cucumber on Channel 4 will be 8 hour-long episodes following the life of 2 mid-40s male and their friends, all LGBT characters in Manchester.
Banana on E4 will be 8 half-hour episodes on E4 following some of the younger characters on the show, although it appears each episode will be a stand alone episode rather than a series.
Tofu on 4oD is a documentary about real life sex and sexuality.
Anyone else looking forward to the series?
A little research shows it appears to be an updated Queer as Folk, starting 9pm on Thursday January 22nd:
Cucumber on Channel 4 will be 8 hour-long episodes following the life of 2 mid-40s male and their friends, all LGBT characters in Manchester.
Banana on E4 will be 8 half-hour episodes on E4 following some of the younger characters on the show, although it appears each episode will be a stand alone episode rather than a series.
Tofu on 4oD is a documentary about real life sex and sexuality.
Anyone else looking forward to the series?
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Not in the slightest.
Another gift from channel fours big bag of shite.
Another documentary on sex?
Sex on TV makes me barf, I don't like seeing people doing it as I leave that to the sexless, I prefer the real thing.
Aren't you prejudging it rather?
I am intrigued by the trailers.
Looking forward to it, I generally like RTD's stuff.
Its about time we had a gay drama
Shouldn't it be tofu, banana and cucumber then?
No. I said from erect to flacid. Unless you think tofu is fully erect and cucumber is flacid?
Nope, looks like its crap for eight year old hipster wannabes.
Boring. Clichéd. Nonsense.
No such thing as a "straight community".
No, even the title is cheap.
No such thing as a gay community either. People are individuals.
Anyway, I'm kind of intrigued to see what is is like.
Queer as Folk was groundbreaking for the time. Cucumber Banana Tofu will have a lot to live up to. Society has moved on from QAF - gay people are more visible, more accepted. We have gay marriage now. I wonder if they'll go out to "shock" this time?
How do you know when it's not even been on yet?
I mean Queer as Folk was 15 years ago and there hasn't been a similar high-profile show since; yet gay people's rights and public acceptance has come on leaps and bounds over that timeframe! I hope it helps gay kids too.
There have been LGBT shows in the 15 years since Queer as Folk like Will and Grace, The L Word, The New Normal, Vicious and Looking for example.
I'm not sure that Cucumber and Banana are to be ground breaking but I imagine RTD isn't aiming it to be.