Russell T Davies

‘I watched all 260 episodes’: Kathy Burke, Russell T Davies and others on their comfort TV
Which shows got you through lockdown? For Joe Lycett it was Celebrity Big Brother, while Diane Abbott escaped with A Place In The Sun (often twice a day)
Russell T Davies, Kathy Burke, David Nicholls, Diane Abbott and Joe Lycett
06, Mar, 2021 @10:00 AM

'You could call the show Love Will Tear Us Apart': Russell T Davies on the music of It's a Sin
The series creator and director Peter Hoar on the uncoolest anthems of the 80s, being given the nod by Kate Bush and how a soundtrack can make or break a story
Alim Kheraj
18, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM

BBC faces oblivion despite TV drama golden age, says Russell T Davies
Screenwriter behind Doctor Who, Years and Years and It’s a Sin suggests UK broadcasters in peril
Maya Wolfe-Robinson
15, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM

On my radar: Matt Haig's cultural highlights
The author reveals a secret weapon in mastering the piano, a favourite philosophical podcast, and a book on our animal nature
Matt Haig
13, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM

It's a Sin: 'There is such a raw truth to it'
How well does the Russell T Davies drama capture the 1980s Aids crisis? Influential queer figures who lived through it and in its wake – including Owen Jones, Rev Richard Coles, Lisa Power and Marc Thompson – give their verdicts
Alim Kheraj
10, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM

‘We were so scared’: Four people who faced the horror of Aids in the 80s
TV drama It’s a Sin looked back at a dark era for the gay community. Here, some of those who remember it tell of the real-life agony – and the hope
Andrew Anthony
31, Jan, 2021 @6:30 AM

The week in TV: It's a Sin; Finding Alice; The Bay; The Investigation; Back – review
Russell T Davies brilliantly captures the defiance of a group of gay friends in the early days of Aids
Euan Ferguson
24, Jan, 2021 @9:30 AM

It's a Sin review – Russell T Davies has created a masterpiece of poignancy
Humour and humanity are at the heart of this sublime series about London’s gay community in the 1980s, from the creator of Queer as Folk
Lucy Mangan
22, Jan, 2021 @10:00 PM

TV tonight: Russell T Davies's new drama examines the 80s Aids crisis
Olly Alexander heads the cast in It’s a Sin. Plus: Jimmy and Jamie serve up another Friday Night Feast. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell
22, Jan, 2021 @6:20 AM

Russell T Davies, unafraid to cast his show based on actors’ sexuality | Rebecca Nicholson
The writer is taking authenticity to new heights with his series about young gay men in the 1980s
Rebecca Nicholson
16, Jan, 2021 @5:30 PM

It’s a Sin: ‘If Covid was an STD it would be hidden too’
Russell T Davies goes back to the 80s with a new drama about the Aids epidemic. Its cast and creators discuss sex, grief and Thatcher
Louis Wise
09, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM

Russell T Davies: ‘I looked away for years. Finally, I have put Aids at the centre of a drama’
The acclaimed screenwriter tells why it is only now, with his new TV series It’s a Sin, that he feels able to tell a story that has haunted him for decades
Russell T Davies
03, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
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