1981. Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin are young men, leaving home at 18-years-old and heading off to London with hope and ambition. They are also walking straight into a virus that most of the world ignores. Year-by-year and episode-by-episode spanning the decade, their lives change as the mystery of the virus starts as a rumor, then a threat, then a terror – and then something that binds them together in the fight.
It's A Sin
DETAILS
1981. Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin are young men, leaving home at 18-years-old and heading off to London with hope and ambition. They are also walking straight into a virus that most of the world ignores. Year-by-year and episode-by-episode spanning the decade, their lives change as the mystery of the virus starts as a rumor, then a threat, then a terror – and then something that binds them together in the fight. It’s also the story of their friends, lovers and families – especially Jill, the girl who loves them and helps them by galvanizing them in the battles to come. Together they will endure the horror of the epidemic, the pain of rejection and the prejudices that gay men faced throughout the decade.
There are terrible losses and wonderful friendships, with complex families pushed to the limit and beyond. This is a series that remembers the boys we lost and celebrates those lives that burned so brightly.
- Release Date:
- 2021
- Rating:
- Starring:
- Olly Alexander
- Nathaniel Curtis
- Shaun Dooley
- Keeley Hawes
- Omari Douglas
- Lydia West
EPISODES
S1:E1 Episode 1
September 1981. The lives of three gay young men converge in London, but a threat is on the horizon.
S1:E2 Episode 2
1983. When Gloria asks Jill for a strange favor, the shadow of AIDS gets closer.
S1:E3 Episode 3
1986. When a hospital takes shocking action, the friends have to fight like never before.
S1:E4 Episode 4
1988. While Ritchie starts a lonely journey home, Roscoe is set to collide with Margaret Thatcher.
S1:E5 EPISODE 1.5
1991. The flatmates enter the darkest days of their lives. Jill fights to help Ritchie
