Meeting People is Easy was the first episode in the first series of Queer as Folk. Importantly, it saw Stuart bring Nathan, a fifteen-year-old on his first night out, home for a one-night stand. This episode also featured the birth of Alfie to Romey, having been conceived from Stuart's sperm.
Synopsis[]
On a night out clubbing, Stuart Alan Jones picks up 15-year-old Nathan Maloney on the street, and Vince Tyler picks up someone he wishes he didn't. The night is interrupted by a significant phone call.
Plot[]
Handsome and arrogant, Stuart Jones can have anybody he wants on the Manchester gay club scene and knows it, as do his less confident friends Vince, whom he knew from their school days, and Phil. One night Stuart picks up inexperienced but eager twink Nathan and takes him home for a good seeing-to, subsequently discovering that, at fifteen and still at school, the boy is legally too young for gay sex. Their session is interrupted by news that Alfie, a baby, sired by Stuart for his lesbian friends Lisa and Romey, has been born and he visits in the hospital. Next morning Vince drops Nathan off at school but graffiti on his car alerts the other kids to the fact that Nathan is gay.
Cast[]
- Aidan Gillen as Stuart Alan Jones, a successful advertising executive
- Craig Kelly as Vince Tyler, a supermarket manager
- Charlie Hunnam as Nathan Maloney, a 15-year-old rebel
- Denise Black as Hazel Tyler; Vince's free-spirited mother
- Andy Devine as Bernard Thomas; Hazel's lodger
- Jason Merrells as Phil Delaney; a close friend of Vince and Stuart
- Esther Hall as Romey Sullivan; the mother of Stuart's child
- Saira Todd as Lisa Levene; Romey's partner
Crew[]
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Created by Russell T Davies | ||||||||||||
| Executive Producer Nicola Shindler | ||||||||||||
| Co-producer Russell T Davies | ||||||||||||
| Associate Producer Tom Sherry | ||||||||||||
| Written by Russell T Davies |
Directed by Charles McDougall |
Director of Photography Nigel Walters |
Script Editor Matt Jones |
Designer Claire Kenny | ||||||
| Make-up Designer David Jones
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Casting Director Beverley Keogh |
Composer Murray Gold |
Costume Designer Pam Tait |
Edited by Tony Cranstoun | ||||||
| 1st asst. director | Chris Dando | 2nd asst. director | Tom Gabbutt | 3rd asst. director | Matthew Greenhalgh |
| location manager | Sam Taylor | asst. location manager | Frith Tiplady | production runner | Ann Iveson |
| script supervisor | Carol Saunderson | Production Co-ordinator | Tracy Lee | production secretary | Stephen Walker |
| production office runner | Eleanor Greene | unit driver | Robin Davies | dialogue coach | David Johnson |
| publicity | Joy Sapieka, Associates | production accountant | Nicholas Stanley | asst. accountant | Andrew Critchley |
| Casting | David Shaw | Additional Casting | James Hall | focus puller | Andrew McDonnell |
| clapper loader | Jason Olive | grip | Alfie Williams | Camera trainee | Stuart Chapman |
| steadicam | Howard J. Smith | boom operator | Justin Wilkinson | sound asst. | David Lynch |
| lighting gaffer | Dave Oldroyd | best boy | Eddie Monaghan | electricians | Ben Horsefield, David Gray |
| genny operation | Robert Doe-Wansey | wardrobe supervisor | Emma Rosenthal | wardrobe | Sarah Ryan |
| Make-up Supervisor | Lynn Davie | Make-up Asst. | Alyn Waterman | art director | John Collins |
| Stand-by Art Director | Cliona Harkin | art department asst. | Jamie Gray | graphic design | Lucy Boyle |
| production buyer | Jerry Organ | props master | Nigel Salter | Stand-by Props | Noel Cowell, John Smith |
| dressing props | Chris Cull, Tom Pleydell-Pearce | construction manager | Steve Bedford | Stand-by Carpenter | Keith Eccleston |
| Stand-by Painter | Mark Roberts | carpenter | Darren Mernagh | asst. editors | Chris Clarkson, David Boyle |
| dialogue editor | John Crumpton | effects editor | John Rutherford | sound recordist | Gary Desmond |
| dubbing mixer | John Whitworth | The above credit list is based solely on the actual end credits of the episode; not everyone involved is necessarily represented. | |||
References[]
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Story notes[]
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Ratings[]
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Featured music[]
- Queer as Folk theme
- "Haven't You Heard" - Indigo (Stuart meets Nathan)
to be continued
Filming locations[]
- Canal Street, Manchester (Canal Street)
- Piccadilly Hotel, near Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester (roof of hospital)
- Levenshulme High School for Girls, 16 Crossley Road, Manchester (Nathan's school - exterior)
Trivia[]
- This episode was used as a base for the American remake, produced by Showtime. Many of the scenes are virtually identical in both shows.
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