The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television

From Doctor Who to Tip Toe, Queer as Folk to Coronation Street, Russell T Davies takes us behind the scenes of some of Britain’s most loved programmes in this sharp, warm memoir.

In The Queerest of Folk, Davies traces his career from children’s television and soaps to relaunching Doctor Who, while reflecting on the queer stories that pushed at what mainstream TV was willing to show.

With humour, candour and real affection for the craft, he writes about ideas sparking into life, characters taking shape, and the day-to-day reality of making television: pitches, meetings, compromises, frustration and exhilaration across a career spanning five decades.

A memoir full of love for television and its power to bring people together in a more fragmented world.