Leo (Cumming) and Clive (Morrissey) have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. Leo runs Spit & Polish, a bar on Canal Street, and Clive is an electrician with two teenage sons. But just as life should be settling down for both, the world around them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized, and gradually, the two neighbors become deadly enemies in a series that spotlights the prejudices that have started to creep back into our lives.
In addition to Cumming and Morrissey, the cast features Elizabeth Berrington, Denise Welch, Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Iz Hesketh, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Gabriel Clark, Shakeel Kimotho, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou and Jolyon Benson.
Davies and Cumming executive produce with Nicola Shindler and director Peter Hoar. ITV Studios and Quay Street Productions produce.
"Russell T. Davies has created a gripping and deeply affecting series that speaks directly to the cultural tensions and anxieties shaping modern life," said Alison Hoffman, President, Starz Networks.
