It’s a Sin starts in 1981
Three of the young lead guys escape their provincial family homes to live in London, starting work / college, making friends, having sex (or not)
Sharp script from RTD and great cast - period-authentic, shocking (the attitudes, the ties, the first death), the humour, the hedonism, the innocence, the ignorance, the rumours (gay flu, GRID), the denial, the fear, the shame - and the fun
Recognisable, but also alien
Like a parallel universe
Our past but largely forgotten
Because so many died
First gay pub scene has the mandatory 1981 hit Tainted Love iconically covered by Soft Cell (Marc Almond and David Ball) with a fabuloso video