TVTV NewsTip Toe on Channel 4 delves into the dangerous dynamic between two warring neighbours.Hayley Anderson Screen Time TV Reporter16:57, 31 May 2026Tip Toe: Alan Cumming and David Morrissey star in trailer Channel 4's Tip Toe has been created by It's A Sin mastermind and Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies.‌Following 15 years of relatively peaceful coexistence, neighbours electrician Clive (portrayed by David Morrissey) and gay bar proprietor Leo (Alan Cumming) rapidly transform into dangerous adversaries after the former's deep-seated prejudiced beliefs surface.‌Prior to the Channel 4 drama's premiere, star Alan Cumming characterised the programme as "overwhelming and brutal" to ITV's This Morning.‌He added: "It's about the way that violence and hatred are sort of normalised so much in our culture nowadays. It's hopefully a wake-up call for everybody."Is Tip Toe based on a true story?The five-part suburban thriller Tip Toe launches this evening, Sunday, May 31, at 9pm with audiences wondering whether there's any reality behind the Channel 4 drama.While Tip Toe isn't actually rooted in real events, it does derive its inspiration from creator Russell T Davies and his friends' lived experiences.‌He revealed to HuffPost UK: "Things happened both at work and at home – in ways that I'm not going to go into because it'll only encourage them to happen again, genuinely – that made me think 'that's enough'."If this anger, this violence and these lies are getting close to my life – I'm in a very privileged, lucky and well off position, so for those who are not so well off, then this must be really bad.‌"These times must be getting worse and worse and worse." Davies continued at the Tip Toe screening: "I think it's a crisis happening day after day – and it's anyone."Everyone's being weaponised against [each other]."You could make a Jewish version of this drama, you could make a disabled version of this drama, women could make this drama.‌"I see straight white men who could make this drama, feeling marginalised."It's the temperature of the dialogue and the argument and the pitch of it – all driven by our phones – that's alarming me greatly."Article continues belowBringing the "brutal" story to the screen features a stellar cast including Traitors' Alan Cumming, Walking Dead actor David Morrissey, Waterloo Road and Loose Women star Denise Welch and Coronation Street's Charlie Condou.Tip Toe is available to watch on Channel 4.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Channel 4Alan Cumming