‘It’s A Sin’ Creator Russell T Davies Features in BFI, NFTS Education Diversity Accelerator Initiative

“It’s A Sin,” the UK miniseries that debuted in America on HBO Max February 18, began its long gestation in the mind of out screenwriter Russell T. Davies back in 1995, even before he wrote his first high-profile gay TV drama, “Queer as Folk.” 

As Russell T. Davies tells it, he could have written his acclaimed new series “It’s a Sin” a while ago, but, busy with all sorts of other projects, he didn’t get around to it until recently.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn 2019, British television writer and producer Russell T Davies turned his attention to the future with the gripping limited series “Years and Years.” Now, he’s transporting us to a past that seems both distant and all too recent.“It’s a Sin,” which launches this month on HBO Max after a run on Britain’s Channel 4, follows a group of friends living in London through the 1980s — a decade that begins, for them, with the promise of liberation and moves, as the AIDS

Pet Shop Boys‘ classic song ‘It’s A Sin’ has seen a huge increase in sales and streaming following the success of Russell T.

Celebrity Best Home Cook. The former Great British Bake Off judge has been casting her eye over the famous faces as they battle out for the title.

BBC is under threat of extinction from rival streaming services.Davies, who created hit new Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin, said the increasing presence of services such as Netflix leaves traditional broadcasters with a difficult road forwards.Asked whether terrestrial UK broadcasters are under threat from streaming services and heading for extinction in an interview on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, Davies replied: “I think the BBC is, right now in front of us,” adding that he doesn’t think TV as a

Emmerdale star Jurell Carter has seemingly hit out at the soap for promoting the coronavirus vaccine.The 25 year old, who stars as Nate Robinson on the hit ITV show, took to social media on Sunday to slam the vaccine, branding it as "experimental". Jurell's rant comes just days after it was revealed that Emmerdale would become the first British soap to show a character receiving the vaccination.

Russell Brand and Katy Perry were married for just 14 months but the British comedian says he never treated his relationship with the pop princess flippantly.

Russell Brand "really tried" to salvage his marriage to Katy Perry. The British comedian tied the knot with the American pop superstar in October 2010 in a traditional Hindu ceremony near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India, after dating for just over a year.

Katy Perry is in a happy, healthy relationship with her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, but long before they were a couple, she was married to Russell Brand, and now he's opened up about their marriage.The I Kissed a Girl hitmaker and the British comedian divorced just one year after their nuptials in 2010 when he filed the paperwork.MORE: Katy Perry shared an incredible photo featuring baby Daisy during special celebration – did you spot it?But despite their short-lived romance, Russell insists he

Russell Crowe has sent a birthday message to a British sailor who is on a solo round-the-world trip. The actor, who played a naval officer in Master and Commander, sent the message to Pip Hare, who is taking part in the Vendee Globe yacht race around the globe.

Russell Crowe has made one fan’s birthday a day she’ll never forget after he surprised her with a video message. Pip Hare is currently somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean competing in a gruelling round-the-world yacht race.

Elton John has praised Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin for providing “an incredibly moving account” of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.The drama, which stars Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, follows the lives of four friends living together as the HIV/AIDS crisis begins to emerge in the UK.Praising the series on Instagram, Elton wrote: “It’s A Sin is an incredibly moving account of the arrival of AIDS in the U.K.

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"Will you shut up, I’m talking to Clive Davis!"Rod Stewart jokingly growled at his barking dog as the pup interrupted the British superstar’s interview during the legendary A&R executive’s first of two pre-Grammy galas held Saturday night (Jan. 30).