Russell T. Davies Says ‘Tip Toe’ Is His “Angriest & Darkest” Series Yet: “My Word This Show Is Going To Get Called Woke On A Colossal Scale”

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Russell T. Davies’ dystopian drama Years & Years was required by the BBC to have a happy ending.

But this is not the same for Channel 4’s Tip Toe, his next series, which he described today as his “angriest and darkest show yet.”

“I love Years & Years but it was only made on the assistance of the BBC, which kind of meant it had to have a happy ending,” he said. “The world has proved me right [on the need for a sad ending] since, things are just getting worse. I loved that ending but it was a condition that you can’t be that bleak. That condition does not apply to [Tip Toe].

The Series Mania audience was given a sneak peek of Channel 4’s Tip Toe this afternoon during a masterclass. The show stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as a bar owner in

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