![]() Whatever happens, they’re spurred on to live and love more fearlessly than ever. It’s also impeccably written by Davis, who wrings raw emotion from his endearing, frustrating, but always empathetic characters, each of whom confront AIDS and public ignorance throughout the decade. ![]() Keeley Hawes, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Fry are equally brilliant in supporting roles, and there’s a killer 80s soundtrack including Blondie and the Pet Shop Boys. Singer Olly Alexander plays aspiring actor Ritchie, Omari Douglas is the unapologetically flamboyant Roscoe, and Callum Scott Howells is wide-eyed Welsh boy Colin. Davis vividly evokes the community, friendship and freedom that five 18-year-old men experience after they leave home for the capital, and the dark pall that falls over the city as the AIDS crisis intensifies. Davis (Queer as Folk, Doctor Who) draws on his own experiences of life as a gay man in 1980s London. This five-part series from the mind of famed Welsh writer Russell T.
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