{"id":710127,"date":"2026-06-17T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710127\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:50:09","slug":"starz-acquires-russell-t-daviess-drama-tip-toe-for-the-u-s-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710127\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Acquires Russell T Davies’s Drama ‘Tip Toe’ for the U.S., Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRussell T Davies\u2019 drama \u201cTip Toe\u201d is heading to Starz<\/a> in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe network has exclusively acquired the LGBTQ+ drama series, which stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as warring neighbors.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe five-part series will premiere in North America later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tCumming plays Leo while Morrissey stars as Clive, two men in Manchester who have lived next door to each other for almost 15 years before relations unexpectedly deteriorate.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLeo runs Spit & Polish, a bar on Canal Street and Clive is an electrician with two teenage sons,\u201d reads the synopsis. \u201cBut just as life should be settling down for both, the world around them is growing more tense. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Elizabeth Berrington, Iz Hesketh, Shakeel Kimotho, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou and Denise Welch also star in the show, which was shot on location in Manchester. It is directed by Peter Hoar.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRussell T Davies has created a gripping and deeply affecting series that speaks directly to the cultural tensions and anxieties shaping modern life,\u201d said Starz Networks president Alison Hoffman. \u201cAnchored by extraordinary performances from Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, \u2018Tip Toe\u2019 examines identity, fear, and polarization in our society in a way that is at once funny, devastating and profoundly human. It\u2019s exactly the type of daring and original storytelling that we\u2019re dedicated and proud to champion at Starz.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDavies said: \u201cIt\u2019s my great delight to return to Starz after many years. \u2018Tip Toe\u2019s\u2019 launch in the U.K. has shown that audiences are hungry for strong, bold, opinionated material \u2013 and that\u2019s a perfect fit for Starz!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tExec producers are Nicola Shindler, Russell T Davies and Alan Cumming with Phil Collinson producing. Casting is by Andy Pryor. \u201cTip Toe\u201d was created by Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) for Channel 4. ITV Studios is distributing the show internationally.<\/p>\n

\n\tKatie Buchanan and Rob Kaplan at ITV Studios brokered the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies\u2019 drama \u201cTip Toe\u201d is heading to Starz in the U.S. and Canada. The network has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,301420,50738,92],"class_list":["post-710127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-russell-t-davies","tag-starz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}