It's a Sin
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It's a Sin (2021)

aka To je greh · Byl by to hřích · Bol by to hriech · Ez bűn · Это грех

5 ep GB Channel 4 48 min/ep ComedyDrama

A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

🏳️‍🌈 Russell T Davies's masterful British masterpiece explicitly centers on a tight group of friends in 1980s London, deeply tracking gay male visibility, the tragic AIDS crisis, and lesbian ally Ash.

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Episodes

Specials 2021 · 5 eps
Ep 1 After Hours (1)
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Olly Alexander, Neil Patrick Harris and Munroe Bergdorf join Kemah Bob to discuss falling in love with the fabulous five, their own experiences of moving to 'the big city' and that awkward sex scene

Ep 2 After Hours (2)
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Jade Thirlwall discusses being an LGBTQ+ ally. Lydia West talks about the real people behind her character Jill. Russell T Davies lets us in on a joke. And Omari Douglas opens up the show's wardrobe.

Ep 3 After Hours (3)
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Callum Scott Howells, Nathaniel Hall, Clara Amfo, David Furnish and Russell T Davies join host Kemah Bob to share their love and heartache after the third instalment of the drama.

Ep 4 After Hours (4)
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Nathaniel Curtis, Omari Douglas and Stephen Fry discuss HIV activism, filming protest scenes, partying in the 80s and being cast as the bad guy. Plus: the story behind Ritchie's headlight dance scene.

Ep 5 After Hours (5)
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Kemah Bob hosts as Russell T Davies, Olly Alexander and Lydia West reunite to talk about the legacy of the series and their special time filming the ground-breaking drama

Season 1 2021 · 5 eps
Ep 1
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September 1981. The lives of Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin converge, three friends finding a flat together in London. But a distant threat means life in the 80s might be all too precious.

Ep 2
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December 1983. Ritchie and Jill struggle to become professional actors, and Colin takes a trip to New York. But when Gloria asks Jill for a strange favour, she’s trapped in a world of lies as the shadow of AIDS gets closer.

Ep 3
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1986, and life seems fine. The Pink Palace mates are working, falling in love, and finding their way through the world. But then terror strikes in the most unexpected way, and the friends have to fight like never before.

Ep 4
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March 1988. Ritchie embarks on a lonely journey home. But when the protests about the AIDS crisis begin, Jill’s placed in danger, and Roscoe’s set to collide with Margaret Thatcher.

Ep 5
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1991. The flatmates rally round as they enter the darkest days of their life. But when Valerie goes on the warpath, it’s up to Jill to help Ritchie before it’s too late.

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