Queer Drama Tip Toe, Starring Alan Cumming, To Air Stateside

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The premium cabler Starz announced Wednesday that it has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to "Tip Toe," a queer drama hailing from former "Doctor Who" showrunner Russell T Davies. The five-part series, which aired in the U.K. earlier this month, will debut on Starz later this year.

"Tip Toe" stars Alan Cumming ("The Traitors") and David Morrissey ("The Walking Dead") as Leo and Clive, a respective bar owner and electrician who have lived next door to each other in Manchester for nearly 15 years. "But just as life should be settling down for both, the world around them is growing more tense," the logline describes. "Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and gradually the two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, thrilling drama that spotlights the prejudices that have started to creep back into our lives, in a story that speaks not just to the queer community, but to the world at large."

"Russell T Davies has created a gripping and deeply affecting series that speaks directly to the cultural tensions and anxieties shaping modern life," Starz President Alison Hoffman said in a statement. "Anchored by extraordinary performances from Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, 'Tip Toe' examines identity, fear, and polarization in our society in a way that is at once funny, devastating, and profoundly human. It's exactly the type of daring and original storytelling that we're dedicated and proud to champion at Starz."

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