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When it appeared on British television in 1999 Queer as Folk caused quite a ruckus. There was the sex as graphic as most anything you d see in an R-rated film. There were the questionable morals--after all one of the lead characters knowingly seduced a virginal 15-year-old boy. There was of course the rampant homosexuality seeing as the series followed a group of gay men living in Manchester. But what really got people talking was the quality of the series: no leaden soap opera or exploitative sex romp Queer as Folk is an engrossing incredibly well-written series that ranks with some of the best ever produced for British TV. Following the adventures of Stuart (Aidan Gillen) a rake capable of seducing anyone anywhere and Vince (Craig Kelly) his boy-next-door best friend as well as the family and friends who surround them Queer as Folk paints a complex emotional and funny portrait of its characters who range from the regular to the outlandish. Less sensationalistic than it sounds Queer a