It’s a Sin: Stan series explores HIV/AIDS crisis through sex, grief and joy

New British miniseries It’s a Sin is vivid, heady — and often-times, a hard watch.

Despite that, it has become the “most binged new series ever” for UK television network Channel 4 (home of Black Mirror and Black Books).

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It’s a Sin (available on Stan here) was created by Welsh screenwriter Russell T Davies, a legend of British TV who broke new ground with Manchester-set series Queer as Folk (2000-2005), rebooted Doctor Who in 2005, and was behind the critically-acclaimed Hugh Grant-led BBC comedy A Very English Scandal (2018).

With an impressive CV already, Davies told The Screen Show: “The response [to It’s a Sin] has been absolutely phenomenal. I…