Heated Rivalry: In December 2008, playing hockey on the ice rink, like The Flintstones, competing sports stars Russian Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Asian-Canadian Shane (Hudson Williams) are about to have a gay old time!
In this lame copy of Queer As Folk…
- They share a water bottle.
They stare at each other.
They stare at each others buttocks and junk in the shower.
They arrange to meet up later.
They kiss.
They fuck.
They rub feet under the table at a press conference.
One of them bats for both sides.
One of them wins “Rookie of the Year”.
I yawn.
I type this review.
Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold.
Gandalf takes the curious map.
Ilya said “Curious” to Shane, while I was typing “curious” on my keyboard.
Heated Rivalry beings tonight/tomorrow morning on Sky Atlantic, at 3.05am UK time, with the episode being shown again at 9pm. First episodes often premiere like that, to mirror the time it’ll air in the US.
It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but when it is, it will be listed on the New DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K releases UK page.
Cert: 
Running time: 45-50 minutes per episode (7 episodes)
Release date: January 10th 2026
Studio: Sky Atlantic
Format: 2.39:1
Director: Jacob Tierney
Producer: Lori Fischburg
Writer/Creator: Jacob Tierney
Based on the series “Game Changers” by: Rachel Reid
Music: Peter Peter
Cast:
Ilya Rozanov: Connor Storrie
Shane Hollander: Hudson Williams
Scott Hunter: François Arnaud
Cliff Marleau: Franco Lo Presti
Hayden Pike: Callan Potter
Svetlana: Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova
Carter Vaughn: Kolton Stewart
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