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Kathryn Williams

It's A Sin start time: When is the Channel 4 drama on and how many episodes are there?

The brand new Russell T Davies drama, It's A Sin, starts this week.

The series by Welshman Davies, who is the brains behind Queer As Folk, A Very English Scandal, Years and Years and the Doctor Who reboot, follows the story of the 1980s, the story of AIDS, and charts the joy and heartbreak of a group of friends across a decade in which everything changed.

The show, which stars Rhondda newcomer, Callum Scott Howells, in the role of Colin, a young valleys boy who moves to London to become a tailor. Alongside Callum the drama also stars Olly Alexander, Stephen Fry and Keeley Hawes - you can find more on the cast, here.

Watch the trailer

It's A Sin trailer

It's set in 1980s London, but filmed outside the English capital, with principle photography taking place in Manchester in October 2019.

When does It's A Sin start?

It's A Sin starts on Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday, January 22.

That is the usual Gogglebox slot so the channel clearly has a lot of faith in Davies' latest project.

How many episodes of It's A Sin are there?

There are five episodes of It's A Sin and each episode moves on through the decade following a core group of friends as they deal with the AIDS crisis.

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