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''Cucumber'' is a 2015 British television series created by Russell T Davies and aired on Channel 4. The series focuses on middle-aged Henry Best (Vincent Franklin), following a disastrous date night with his boyfriend of nine years, Lance Sullivan (Cyril Nri). Henry's old life shatters, and he embarks on a new life with unfamiliar rules. In development since 2006, ''Cucumber'' was announced along with companion series ''Banana'', and web series ''Tofu'' in November 2013. The titles of all three shows come from a scientific study into the male erection which divided the erection into a hardness scale consisting of ''tofu'', ''peeled banana'', ''banana'', and ''cucumber''; upon reading the study, Davies remarked that "right there and then, I knew I had my drama". ==Development== ''Cucumber'' was initially conceived during Davies' tenure as showrunner of ''Doctor Who''. Envisioned as a spiritual sequel to the seminal 1999–2000 Channel 4 series ''Queer as Folk'', ''More Gay Men'', as it was then called, was to focus on middle-aged gay men, and had its genesis from the question "why are so many gay men glad when we split up?" that his friend Carl Austin had asked him in 2001. The show was initially due to enter production in 2006, but the success of the revival of ''Doctor Who'' indefinitely delayed the series. By March 2007, Davies had fleshed out the initial episode, and explained a pivotal scene in correspondence with journalist Benjamin Cook: By 2008, ''More Gay Men'' was among the list of series that Davies wanted to produce after moving to Los Angeles, California, along with an American adaptation of ''Bob & Rose''. Cucumber had been picked up by the American cable network ''Showtime'' and BBC Worldwide and entered into pre-production in July 2011, although pre-production was suspended a month later after his boyfriend Andrew Smith was diagnosed with a brain tumour, prompting Davies to return to Manchester so Smith could undergo chemotherapy nearer to their families. ''Cucumber'' was later picked up by Channel 4 to be produced by Davies' former colleague Nicola Shindler and the Red Production Company. The show was Davies' first Channel 4 series in over a decade; Davies had an acrimonious dispute with the channel after a decision to green light production on a ''Queer as Folk'' spinoff and ''The Second Coming'' was reversed by new executive personnel. Former ''Doctor Who'' producer Piers Wenger convinced Davies to return to the channel due to the political nature of the show, which had by then expanded to include its sister shows ''Banana'' and ''Tofu''. The three series refer to a urological scale of erection hardness, which consists of ''tofu'', ''peeled banana'', ''banana'', and ''cucumber'', which is alluded to in the show's opening narration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cucumber (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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