IT'S A SIN explores friendship and love during the 1980s AIDS crisis through the eyes of three young gay men as they embark on a new life in London. In the shadow of AIDS, they're determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.
A story of love, life and loss. From award-winning writer Russell T Davies. It's 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie (Olly Alexander), Roscoe (Omari Douglas) and Colin (Callum Scott Howells) begin a new life in London. Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill (Lydia West), 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.

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