US streaming service Peacock has given the go-ahead to a reboot of seminal gay drama series Queer As Folk.
The show - created by Russell T Davies - followed the lives of three gay men living in Manchester and ran for just 10 episodes on Channel 4 in 1999 and 2000.
A US version set in Pennsylvania aired for five seasons on Showtime between 2000 and 2005, while the new take for Peacock is described as a "vibrant reimagining" of the UK original following "a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy".
Canadian director Stephen Dunn is behind the project, with Davies - fresh from working on the universally-acclaimed It's A Sin - on board as an executive producer.
"It is a surreal honour to adapt the notoriously groundbreaking series by Russell T Davies," said Dunn.
"When the show originally aired, the idea of unapologetic queer stories on TV was so provocative that I felt I could only watch Queer as Folk in secret.
"But so much has changed in the last 20 years and how wonderful would it be if the next generation didn't have to watch Queer as Folk alone in their dank basements with the sound muted, but with their family and friends and the volume cranked all the way to the max."
The show has been given a straight-to-series order by Peacock and is expected to be released at some point in 2022.
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