Queer as Folk
In 1998, Shindler formed Red Production Company – named after the nickname of Shindler's favourite football team, Manchester United – in Manchester. Its first project, with Shindler producing, was writer Russell T Davies' gay drama serial "Queer as Folk". "Queer as Folk" gave Red a reputation as producers of noteworthy drama, and they followed this up with subsequent series for Channel 4 such as "Love in the 21st Century" (1999) and "Queer as Folk 2" (2000).