It s a Sin creator Russell T Davies has opened up about his original ideas for a planned sixth episode of the Channel 4 drama.
The writer, whose AIDS-focused series has drawn huge acclaim since it premiered last month, originally envisioned the show as eight episodes long, though in the end condensed it into five – something he had to fight for after being offered four.
Speaking with legendary AIDS activist Ruth Coker Burks as part of Damian Barr s Literary Salon, Davis has now opened up about the further plot ideas he had planned, including another character and a time jump that would have followed an older Jill Baxter (Lydia West).
It s a Sin concluded on
Friday night (February 19) after five episodes which showed the devastating effects of the HIV-AIDS crisis on the LGBTQ+ community.
The heartbreaking episode saw Olly Alexander s Ritchie Tozer in the early 90s, after being diagnosed with AIDS and struggling with various health complications due to the disease.
His friends Jill (Lydia West), Roscoe (Omari Douglas) and Ash (Nathaniel Curtis) cared for him at home in London but his parents were both unaware of his illness. Ben BlackallChannel 4
But when he was taken to hospital, Ritchie s parents (Keeley Hawes and Shaun Dooley) unexpectedly came to visit him and struggled to accept their son s diagnosis.