Tip Toe’s creator Russell T Davies is no stranger to filming in Manchester’s Gay Village having filmed scenes for his TV trilogy Cucumber, Banana and Tofu and It’s A Sin there.
He said he always welcomed the opportunity to film in the city he labelled “Manchattan”.
“I’m very proud of having never lived in London and never making things in London,” he said.
“I’m a very great advocate for that, of telling people to get outside the capital, stop using the same background, stop using the same plots, stop using the same routines.
“It’s brilliant out here. There’s such workmanship and craft and genius.
“It’s the place to be. Very proud of Manchester. I love it here.”
