Russell T Davies has a talent for making a quiet street feel like a room with a locked door. Tip Toe, the five-part psychological thriller landing on Starz in the US and English Canada on 2 October 2026, takes two neighbors of fifteen years and lets a single week do the damage. A friendly nod over the bins has never looked so suspicious.

First, meet the man who believes good manners can fix anything, while the story quietly disagrees.

Alan Cumming plays Leo Struthers, the owner of Spit & Polish on Manchester's Canal Street, who is fresh from a split with his long-term partner. Struthers runs his bar with kindness and a running commentary, and Cumming gives him the sort of charm that turns strangers into regulars. That charm gets tested hard once a small favour for the neighbor next door begins to grow teeth.

Speaking of the neighbor, he arrives smiling and carrying a toolbox, as trouble often does.

David Morrissey stars as Clive Goss, an electrician with fifteen years of nodding acquaintance with Struthers and a marriage that mostly runs on arguments. Goss offers to hold a spare key and picks up work at the bar, which sounds perfectly neighborly at first. Morrissey lets that friendly surface crack slowly, so viewers will spend the series guessing exactly when the switch flips.

Loved 'I Will Find You'? Here Are 5 Netflix Thrillers to Watch Next

Someone has to spot the danger early, and she does, while everyone else hums along.

Elizabeth Berrington plays Stephanie Dale, the best friend who owns the spare key and, more usefully, the common sense. Dale is the person who says call the police, then says move house, then says it a third time with feeling. Berrington gives her the weary patience of a friend who can see the storm coming and cannot get anyone to buy an umbrella.

Meanwhile, the youngest voice in the Goss house has the most to hide, as teenagers usually do.

Jackson Connor takes the role of George Goss, the 16-year-old younger son of the family. George lives in a house full of loud opinions, and Connor plays him with a watchful quiet that says more than any speech could. Once his private life crosses paths with Struthers, the tremor reaches every door on the street.

Tip Toe reaches Starz on 2 October 2026, with a plot that turns a seemingly ordinary relationship between two neighbors into a dangerous conflict. Alan Cumming brings the charm, David Morrissey brings the chill, Elizabeth Berrington brings the common sense, and Connor brings the quiet heart. Viewers in the US and English Canada should mark the date.

Searching for Your Next Binge? Why Netflix’s 9-Part Thriller Should Be at the Top of Your List

What are your thoughts on the cast of Tip Toe? Let us know in the comments.