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Russell T Davies on 40 years of bringing gay stories to our screens
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The Dr Who showrunner made his name with taboo-busting series such as Queer As Folk. He tells Helen Pidd about how he changed the way queer lives were depicted on British television. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Today, from queer as folk to it's a sin, Russell T Davies on four decades of bringing gay stories to the screen.
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This is The Guardian. Today, from queer as folk to it's a sin, Russell T Davies on four decades of bringing gay stories to the screen. A quick warning before we start, there is some strong and sexual explicit language in this episode. Yeah!
Russell T Davies. Even if you don't know his name, you will definitely have watched one of his shows if you grew up in the UK.
Woo! As well as rebooting Doctor Who, he has been bringing stories of gay lives to our TV screens for the past 40 years.
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