It's a Sin: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: It's a Sin
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2021-01-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-01-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 38335
• IMDb ID: tt9140342
• TVDB ID: 378994

Cast and credited roles

• 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
• David Carlyle — Gregory Finch
• Tracy-Ann Oberman — Carol Carter
• Stephen Fry — Arthur Garrison MP
• Neil Patrick Harris — Henry Coltrane

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-01-22; final listed air date 2021-01-22; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from It's a Sin on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.