Liverpool doubled for New York over the weekend as filming for a new Channel 4 drama took over the city streets.
The five-part series called "Boys" has been created by Russell T Davies and is set in the 1980's.
Olly Alexander, Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West all star in the drama which centres on the Aids crisis.
The synopsis for the series reads: "It’s 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin begin a new life in London.
"Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill, find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other’s adventures.
"But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined.
"As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they’re determined to live and love more fiercely than ever."
Yesterday at the Pier Head film crews were seen taking over the streets around the Three Graces.
Vintage cars were spotted, alongside several iconic yellow taxis.
Extras were seen walking around the area in 80's style clothes - with a hot dog stand also visible.
Olly Alexander, from the band Years & Years, plays 18-year-old Ritchie Tozer, the family’s golden boy, though he’s determined to keep his secrets from them.
Newcomer Omari Douglas plays London-born 17-year-old Roscoe Babatunde, a wild, brittle party boy, always on the run.
Newcomer Callum Scott Howells plays Colin Morris-Jones, a quiet, unassuming, boy from Wales, about to become an apprentice on Savile Row.
Lydia West plays Jill Baxter, Ritchie’s friend from college, straight-talking, funny, and the rock on which they rely.
And Nathaniel Curtis plays Ash, a faithful friend through thick and thin.
Olly Alexander said: “I feel like the luckiest boy in the world to be a part of this project, I’ve been a fan of Russell T Davies ever since I watched Queer As Folk in secret at 14 years old.
"His work helped shape my identity as a gay person so I’m absolutely over the moon we’ll be working together. The script was amazing to read, I laughed and I cried a lot, it’s a privilege to be helping to tell this story and I’m so excited.”
Neil Patrick Harris said: “I’m so pleased, and incredibly proud, to be a part of Russell T Davies’ new series. This drama, Boys, is two things: it is an irresistible, funny, jubilant story of young people discovering their true identities and the unalloyed joy of living life to the fullest.
"It is also a deeply resonant exploration of a decade when so many of these lives were cut short by the devastating effects of the nascent AIDS pandemic.
"Russell’s scripts chart the highs and lows of this time so beautifully and deftly, it’s an honour to help tell this story.”
The show is expected to air on Channel 4 later this year.
