[1] The main characters are Stuart Allen Jones (Aidan Gillen), who is highly sexually active, and successfully so.

His long-time friend Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), who has a crush on Stuart, has less luck with men.

Following a backlash from the gay community, Beck's offered to sponsor the second series, a request which was refused by the producers.

[10] In 2010, The Guardian ranked Queer as Folk at number 13 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".

A soundtrack album was released by Almighty Records for the original series and features tracks by OT Quartet, Ultra Naté, and Blondie.

[16] An album for the second series was released by Channel 4 Music and sold 19,000 copies in its first week to debut at #5 on the UK Compilation Chart.

Although Davies developed draft scripts for four episodes and storylines for a further twenty-two, the series was cancelled before it went into pre-production.

Denise Black makes a cameo appearance as Hazel Tyler's ghost in the sixth episode of Cucumber.