First Look: Russell T Davies’ Queer Channel 4 Drama ‘Tip Toe’ Sees Alan Cumming & David Morrisey Become Deadly Enemies In The Face Of Creeping Prejudice

Russell T Davies‘ first Channel 4 drama since It’s a Sin has dropped first look images of Alan Cumming and David Morrisey as leads.

Cumming and Morrisey are Leo and Clive in Tip Toe, two opposites who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. But just as life should be settling down, the world around them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalised, and gradually, two neighbours become deadly enemies in a tense, suburban thriller which challenges everything we consider to be safe. The series is described as an “urgent tale that brings a spotlight to bear on the prejudices which are creeping back into our lives,” according to Channel 4.

Tip Toe is in the final days of filming and comes four years after It’s a Sin, Davies hit drama about the 1980s Aids crisis which garnered acclaim in America on HBO. In the interim Davies has been working on Doctor Who and other projects but Tip Toe harks back to his early work like cult Channel 4 1990s series Queer is Folk. Both are set in Manchester. Davies has previously said Tip Toe is “the strongest thing I’ve written,” describing it as a cross between Queer as Folk and his futuristic BBC series Years and Years.

Daves said: “We’re in the final days of filming, and I’m so excited for 2026 – this show has some of the finest acting I’ve ever seen, from the most splendid cast, and I can’t wait for it to hit Channel 4.”

Tip Toe will be produced by Quay Street Productions, with Nicola Shindler (Queer as Folk, It’s A Sin, Fool Me Once), Davies (It’s a Sin, Queer as Folk, Years and Years), Peter Hoar (Queer as Folk, It’s A Sin, Fool Me Once) and Cumming serving as executive producers. The series will be produced by Phil Collinson (It’s A Sin, Gentleman Jack, Doctor Who), directed by Hoar and is cast by Andy Pryor (Doctor Who, It’s A Sin, Gentleman Jack). Gemma Boswell is the commissioning editor at Channel 4. Tip Toe is produced in association with ITV Studios, which will distribute the show internationally.