History Series / ItsASin

* DirtyOldMan: Colin's (married) boss Mr. Hart, who lecherously makes Colin take a strip-wash in the staff-room, and also tries to ply him with drink after barging into his hotel room on a business trip to New York.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lucy is this to Ritchie -- she's a dour, jealous young woman who seems constantly annoyed by Ritchie's very presence.

* MarySue: Jill is portrayed as an angelic figure, in contrast to the often flawed and selfish gay men. She is always right and always selfless.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The gang's two usual social haunts are a gay bar and [[{{Foreshadowing}} Heaven]], a (real) gay club night.

Richie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is a university student who moves to London from the Isle of Wight. Away from his family, he is given the opportunity to explore his sexuality openly in the London gay scene alongside his close group of friends. These include: the beautiful British-Nigerian Roscoe Babatunde (Omari Douglas), who experiments with drag after fleeing his religious family; the adorable Saville Row apprentice Colin Morris-Jones (Callum Scott Howells), his incredible best friend and confidante Jill (Lydia West) and on-off lover Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis).

* [[IAteWhat I Drank What]]: After Arthur Garrison insults him after bringing him to an event to impress Thatcher, Roscoe pisses in the coffee meant for Thatcher and tells Garrison this before he leaves.

* ArmouredClosetGay: The blokeish son of Colin's landlord in the first episode [[spoiler:who calls him a "fucking bender" whilst they sleep together and is revealed to have given him HIV.]]

''It's a Sin'' is a 2021 period drama from Creator/Channel4 created by Creator/RussellTDavies (''Series/QueerAsFolk'') about the lives of young gay and bisexual men in the 1980s as the AIDS epidemic begins.

Ritchie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is a university student who moves to London from the Isle of Wight. Away from his family, he is given the opportunity to explore his sexuality openly in the London gay scene alongside his close group of friends. These include: the beautiful British-Nigerian Roscoe Babatunde (Omari Douglas), who experiments with drag after fleeing his religious family; the adorable Saville Row apprentice Colin Morris-Jones (Callum Scott Howells), his incredible best friend and confidante Jill (Lydia West) and on-off lover Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis).

Beginning in 1981 Ritchie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is a closeted university student from the Isle of Wight who finally gets the chance to live his sexuality openly in the London gay scene alongside his close group of friends, including British-Nigerian drag performer Roscoe Babatunde (Omari Douglas) fleeing his religious family, sales apprentice Colin Morris-Jones (Callum Scott Howells), his beard and level-headed friend Jill (Lydia West) and school teacher Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis).

Also stars Creator/StephenFry as Arthur Garrison, a fictional Tory MP and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Henry Coltrane, a tailor at the shop Colin works in. Set to be released February 18, 2021 on Creator/HBOMax in the United States.

* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The gang's usual social haunt is a gay bar and a club called [[{{Foreshadowing}} Heaven]].

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Valerie Tozer, Ritchie's mum, is a prim, lower-middle class StepfordSmiler, whose refusal to confront anything she finds unpleasant renders her (supposedly) oblivious to her son's sexuality. After she eventually finds out that Ritchie is gay, [[spoiler: due to him being hospitalised, having contracted AIDS,]] she goes into paroxysms of furious, aggressive denial, lashing out at all of Richie's friends. Ultimately, her MamaBear instincts kick in, and she turns into something of dark MyBelovedSmother, [[spoiler: refusing to let Ritchie's friends see him and insisting that only she and her husband care for him, despite his clearly declining health.]]

* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Valerie Tozer, Ritchie's mum, is a prim, lower-middle class StepfordSmiler, whose refusal to confront anything she finds unpleasant renders her (supposedly) oblivious to her son's sexuality. After she eventually finds out that Ritchie is gay, [[spoiler: due to him being hospitalised, having contracted AIDS,]] she goes into paroxysms of furious, aggressive denial, lashing out at all of Richie's friends. Ultimately, her MamaBear instincts kick in, and she turns into something of dark MyBelovedSmother, [[Spoiler: refusing to let Ritchie's friends see him and insisting that only she and her husband care for him, despite his clearly declining health.]]

* ArmouredClosetGay: The blokeish son of Colin's landlord in the first episode [[spoiler:who calls him a "fucking bender whilst they have sexis revealed to have slept with Colin and given him HIV.]]

* CoolestClubEver: Heaven.

* DirtyOldMan: Colin's boss Mr. Hart.
* FamilyOfChoice: After Roscoe is disowned and Ritchie goes low-contact with his parents, both of them settle into a familial relationship with their roommates and other close friends who are gay.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Henry refers to Juan Pablo's mysterious new illness as being primarily a cough.
* KilledOffScreen: Henry isolated in a hospital ward.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: A rare dramatic example. [[spoiler:When Colin becomes mentally impaired by his disease, he starts masturbating in front of his friends and horrified mother during a hospital visit.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lucy is this to Ritchie.
* ArmouredClosetGay: The son of Colin's landlord in the first episode [[spoiler:who is revealed to have slept with Colin and given him HIV.]]

Beginning in 1981 Ritchie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is a closeted university student from the Isle of Wright who finally gets the chance to live his sexuality openly in the London gay scene alongside his close group of friends, including British-Nigerian drag performer Roscoe Babatunde (Omari Douglas) fleeing his religious family, sales apprentice Colin Morris-Jones (Callum Scott Howells), his beard and level-headed friend Jill (Lydia West) and school teacher Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis).

* ContrastMontage: Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin being asked where do they see themselves in five years time and talking about their hopes and dreams for the future all during interviews is contrasted with nurses entering the ward Henry was isolated in and moving his now-dead body into a coffin and sanitizing the bed.

** [[spoiler:Ritchie when the gang finally make it to the Isle of Wright to visit him.]]

Beginning in 1981 Ritchie Tozer (Olly Alexander) is a closeted university student from the Isle of Wright who finally gets the chance to live his sexuality openly in the London gay scene alongside his close group of friends, including British-Nigerian drag performer Roscoe Babatunde (Omari Douglas) fleeing his religious family, apprentice tailor Colin Morris-Jones (Callum Scott Howells), his beard and level-headed friend Jill (Lydia West) and school teacher Ash Mukherjee (Nathaniel Curtis).

Also stars Creator/StephenFry as Arthur Garrison, a political insider in Westminster during the Thatcher era and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Henry Coltrane, a tailor at the shop Colin works in. Set to be released February 18, 2021 on Creator/HBOMax in the United States.

Also stars Creator/StephenFry as Arthur Garrison, a political insider in Westminster during the Thatcher era and Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Henry Coltrane, a tailor at the shop Colin works in.

Not to be confused with the Music/PetShopBoys song of the same title, which the series is named for.

* ContrastMontage: Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin being asked where do they see themselves in ten years time and talking about their hopes and dreams for the future all during interviews is contrasted with nurses entering the ward Henry was isolated in and moving his now-dead body into a coffin and sanitizing the bed.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Out of the three main leads seen in the "Where do you see yourself in ten years?" montage in episode one, only Roscoe makes it.]]

* TragicAIDSStory: A very passionate and charged one from Russell T. Davies who is credited as being one of the writers to have bought LGBT stories and characters to British TV in the 90s with ''Queer As Folk'', so naturally the tragic aspect is interwoven with moments of joy and liveliness.