'It's A Sin' Stars Olly Alexander And Russell T Davies Discuss Growing Up Gay In The UK 

I watched the whole series.......THE LAST EPISODE.....!!!! I have never cried that much to a tv show in my life I felt so connected to the characters and wish there was more shows like this.

TV isn’t something I usually spend much time watching. But...I binged the whole series over the weekend. The show is a true masterpiece! Had me in tears. Worth every minute!

Russel is such a lovely bloke. Love Olly aswell! Bring on Friday!

I miss when Russell was in charge of doctor who, the seasons and episodes were so funny ❤️

I binged it all last night, finishing at 10 to 3 in the morning. Really good, very well written as usual by Russell.

I just found this series and watched it a few days ago. The writing and acting were absolutely BRILLIANT!!!! I can't stop thinking about it!! I was coming of age in the early 80's and it was a terrifying time.

I was painfully shy in my teens, in catholic school , I hated it, best day of my life was the day I left, didn’t come out until I was 23 in 1990. Happily married now to my husband, been together 20 years. Things have changed for the better 😎👍🏻 but the bigots are still out there. Great show guys well done xx

epic from start to finish ! Heartbreaking , uplifting , sad , funny - the story stays with you .....

Aren't these two just glorious? Both doing so much to help elimate lots of bad stuff n the world and keep us all entertained at the same time. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Well done to Mr Davies. The show is exactly the way it was back then. It's very raw and real. Brings back happy and painful memories.

It's A Sin is without question one of the greatest dramas ever written, and I say that with absolutely no hyperbole. It's an astonishing piece of work. Every time I hear Russell speak. I marvel at wow witty, urbane, insightful eloquent and, from what I gather, a genuinely lovely man

Can't wait for this series!! ✨

Sigh. Olly is so swoonworthy. Not just because he's a gorgeous man but his personality is just mesmerizing.

Guys just here to say, what an amazing job you did. Storyline, acting, facts. I felt I was there. Well done! Xxx

I absolutely loved everything about It's A Sin, it made me laugh, it made me cry. I was a teenager in the 80's, I had the best (and worst) time of my life, and if I could, I'd go back in a heartbeat. There's one thing that really puzzled me though with regards to the music - there (to the best of my knowledge) has only ever been one song that made the charts, about the people who lost someone to HIV/Aids, and that song is "For A Friend" by the Communards, the words to the song captured exactly how I felt when I lost another friend, and I was really surprised it wasn't included. What do you think ?

this series is brilliant, really enjoyed it👍

Brilliant series! Cried like a baby 😭

The show’s gonna be good!

I could listen to these two amazing men talk all day. Wonderful video

This is back on the Channel 4 on demand app and I'd highly recommend for everyone, not just the LGBT+ community, to watch it. If this was a film I'd be saying it's my favourite of all time. Wonderful in so many ways and hits a punch like an iron fist in a velvet glove. So very well written and made

I remember watching that BbC terrifying programme on “don’t die of ignorance” traumatised me for years.it was Freddy Mercury

As straight ally parents, one way we are trying to make things better is to raise our kids (who are too young to know their sexuality) in the atmosphere of knowing that they can be whoever they are, and love whoever they love, and if they find they are gay when they get older they will be just as loved as if they are straight. If they grow up and find they are gay, they will be comfortable with that (we hope), and if they grow up to be straight they will be better neighbours to the gay people in their community.

Just watched episode one cant wait for episode two there def needs to be more shows like this for guys cause we always get shows about how women deal with the sexuality but never nothing on men

Love Russell T Davies.Absolute legend xxx 💕💕

I still don’t understand that he is 30! And it was so educational, and heartbreaking

Russell's magnum opus.

I love them both so muchhh

Love, love, love it. La!

I can always remember my eldest daughter came out when she was in her early teens (her mother and my estranged ex) had taken it badly and simply replied to her actually darling I’ve got something to tell you myself and that I had been previously married before meeting her mother and I said to her I don’t care if your gay your my daughter and I love you, nowadays and a few marriages on we joke about when I am going to get married again which turns out much to her amusement next year in 2022 which will be my fourth

Anyone know how to watch this outside of the UK?

God Russell is just amazing.

russel king of tv rn

the series is superb...I only asked myself where lesbians were at the time...Of course they were there by the thousands so theres no story about them? I know Aids didnt affect women at first so largely as it did with young men...but nonetheless I felt lesbians' absence in the show a bit funny. Women appear only to rapresent real mothers or subsitute mothers (Jill). Just a thought. I really loved the series.

Retrospectively.....😉

ollie is so beautiful😍

More power to you guys 🏳️‍🌈

I grew up very open about my homosexuality at a Catholic boys' school in Hong Kong, dating also a classmate at the time. I was never bullied. My boyfriend at the time was mocked from time to time (he was a little weird being the sexuality thing) but I dealt with those people usually. One time we were just kissing and touching each other in religious studies class and the teacher only asked me not to be so high profile and that's it.

excellent drama

My husband raved about this show, he said he has never cried so much in his life. I watched it and actually found it quite boring but i see comments everywhere mirroring my husbands and i feel like im missing something. I teared up twice: once when the welsh lad says to his mum that hes not dirty and then at the end when the girls parents show up and she bursts into tears. Whats wrong with me?!

It's a pity Russell isn't still handling Doctor Who as OIly would be a shoe in to play the first openly gay time lord and replace that awful present incumbent of the role

So Olly Alexander stopped being original and became a carbon copy of a scene Queen. What a waste.

7:36 one of them farts

Its a Sin is very good. Much has been made of the gays in it but to be frank Keeley Hawes acted everyone off the screen. Personally speaking, I loathed the Richie character. I didnt view him as the wounded bird that the Jill character described in that scene with his mother on the pier. He was more just your ten a penny, narcissistic hedonistic cruel type u cud see throwing spite around and putting it about in any bar or club every weekend. And no doubt they will all be doing that La thing now. And no am not saying the character deserved his fate. Nobody absolutely nobody does or ever did. I just didnt care about the character to be honest unlike the much more sympathetic characters who died earlier. I thought overall it was actually Jil's story not his. But it was very well written and generally well-acted (except for the hammy Richie performance.)

Thank you so much for telling this story. Being gay in Australia in the 80s was hell. Had to hide my sexuality and be in the closet kept being set up with girls and it was so hard to explain...

ollie is so beautiful😍