The show follows a group of five friends who move to London in 1981 only to find themselves growing up in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that took hold throughout the decade.
Show creator Russell T Davies has lived with the idea for It’s A Sin for decades and has now revealed the single moment in the drama that actually inspired its creation. “There’s a key little moment where Gloria says to Jill, ‘I heard there’s a production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and all seven brothers died’,” Russell T Davies explained in the latest episode of It’s A Sin – After Hours. “That’s a tiny little line that flies past you.