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* ActorSharedBackground: Like Donald Bassett, Nathaniel Hall [[https://news.sky.com/story/its-a-sin-star-nathaniel-j-hall-on-contracting-hiv-at-16-and-the-unhealed-wound-of-the-aids-crisis-12202364 is HIV-positive]]. It goes without saying his story ends much more happily than Donald's.


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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: [[https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/18/its-a-sin-a-safe-space-for-gay-actors-says-russell-t-davies-13925427/Invoked by RTD]]. Zigzagged with Grizzle, the owner of the pub, played by gay actor Neil Ashton; Grizzle is either a trans woman or a gender-non conforming gay man.
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** In general, the series is based on Davies' experiences of being a gay man in UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's Britain and surviving the AIDS crisis.

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** In general, the series is based on Davies' experiences of being a young gay man in UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's Britain and surviving the AIDS crisis.
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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', Creator/RussellTDavies' drama about the Manchester gay scene, albeit set a decade earlier and tonally different.

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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'', Creator/RussellTDavies' drama about the Manchester gay scene, albeit set a decade earlier and tonally different.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Manchester stood in for most of the London scenes. The location of the gang's Pink Palace is quite clearly Manchester, with it's red-brick frontage.

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Manchester stood in for most of the London scenes. The location of the gang's Pink Palace is quite clearly Manchester, with it's red-brick frontage.



* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Played straight with all of the LGBT characters, but [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with Creator/StephenFry playing a Bi man]].

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* NamesTheSame: Was tentatively titled ''The Boys'' while in production, then changed to ''Boys'' and finally to ''It's a Sin'' to avoid confusion with Amazon's ''Series/TheBoys2019''.



* WorkingTitle: ''The Boys''.

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* WorkingTitle: Was tentatively titled ''The Boys''.Boys'' while in production, then changed to ''Boys'' and finally to ''It's a Sin'' to avoid confusion with Amazon's ''Series/TheBoys2019''.

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