It's a Sin
2021 · Channel 4 · 47 min · 1 season
S01E05 · Episode 5
Fri, 22 Jan, 11:00 pm
1991. The flatmates rally round as they enter the darkest days of their lives. When Valerie goes on the warpath, it's up to Jill to help Ritchie before it's too late.
About
Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin are young lads, strangers at first, leaving home at 18 and heading off to London in 1981 with hope and ambition and joy… and walking straight into a plague that most of the world ignores. Year by year, episode by episode, their lives change, as the mystery of a new virus starts as a rumour, then a threat, then a terror, and then something that binds them together in the fight.It's the story of their friends, lovers and families too, especially Jill, the girl who loves them and helps them, and galvanises 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.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Fri, 22 Jan· 46 minSeptember 1981 finds 18-year-old Ritchie leaving the Isle of Wight to go to university. In London, Roscoe walks out of parents' home, while Colin arrives from Wales to start a new career on Savile Row. The three boys meet, and along with fellow student Ash and best friend Jill form a gang and move into a flat, christened the Pink Palace. However, a distant threat on the horizon means that life in the '80s might be all too precious.
- E02
Episode 2
Fri, 22 Jan· 46 minAs Ritchie and Jill embark on a scheme to become professional actors, Colin is excited to be offered a trip to New York. Roscoe hides his fury when he finds himself excluded from his sister's wedding, while Jill finds herself entering a world of mystery and fear. The stories in the headlines are becoming true, and the shadow of Aids looms, but Ritchie's denial is ferocious and Jill finds herself unable to tell the truth as the situation gets worse.
- E03
Episode 3
Fri, 22 Jan· 47 minWhile making their way in the world, the terror the friends been avoiding suddenly strikes at their heart in the most unexpected manner. Reeling from the news, everyone has to rally round. And when a hospital takes shocking action, the flatmates must fight like never before.
- E04
Episode 4
Fri, 22 Jan· 46 minMarch 1988. Ritchie embarks on a lonely journey home. Meanwhile, Jill is in danger, and Roscoe's set to collide with Margaret Thatcher, as protests about the AIDS crisis begin.
- E05
Episode 5
Fri, 22 Jan· 48 min1991. The flatmates rally round as they enter the darkest days of their lives. When Valerie goes on the warpath, it's up to Jill to help Ritchie before it's too late.
Cast
Olly Alexander
Ritchie Tozer
Omari Douglas
Roscoe Babatunde
Lydia West
Jill Baxter
Nathaniel Curtis
Ash Mukherjee
Shaun Dooley
Clive Tozer
Keeley Hawes
Valerie Tozer
Callum Scott Howells
Colin Morris-Jones
