"When the world turned its back, they had each other."

2021- 2021

1 Seasons

5 Episodes

7.9(218 votes)

Ended

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

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5 members

Acting

Olly Alexander

Ritchie Tozer

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Omari Douglas

Roscoe Babatunde

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Callum Scott Howells

Colin Morris-Jones

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Lydia West

Jill Baxter

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Nathaniel Curtis

Ash Mukherjee

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