It's a Sin
Episode 4
TV Flash files “Episode 4” as a desk essential hour — It's a Sin (2021) on Channel 4/Max, season 1, episode 4, aired 2021-01-22, 46 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 5 in the It's a Sin guide, hour 4 of 5 in season 1. It aired 2021-01-22 (46 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 3” (S01E03). Next is “Episode 5” (S01E05).
Essential hour: “Episode 4”. Fourth hour as the devastation the opener earned: ensemble still the weapon, Davies at full clarity rather than a biopic highlight reel.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
March 1988. Ritchie embarks on a lonely journey home. Meanwhile, Jill is in danger, and Roscoe's set to collide with Margaret Thatcher, as protests about the AIDS crisis begin.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 4 sit in the It's a Sin guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 5 — hour 4 of 5 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did It's a Sin S01E04 air?
Episode 4 aired 2021-01-22 and is listed at 46 minutes.
How many episodes?
Five. A limited series: chosen family in 1980s London, joy first, then the epidemic. There is no skippable middle season.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Russell T Davies's five-episode London AIDS chronicle for ensemble chemistry that makes the tragedy land harder. Joy first, then devastation with open eyes — chosen family in cheap flats and club nights. Davies at full emotional clarity; five episodes you will carry.
The first look is joy: cheap flats, club nights, chosen family in 1980s London lighting that still wants to dance. Russell T Davies's Channel 4 limited series premiered January 22, 2021 — HBO Max in the U.S. — and made Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells, and Lydia West the silhouette of a generation that lived, loved, and then faced the AIDS epidemic together. Five parts. *Joy first, then devastation with open eyes.* The tone refuses misery tourism without blinking at loss.…
Filed against
- Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer
Olly Alexander plays Ritchie Tozer on It’s a Sin, Russell T Davies’s 2020s five-episode London AIDS chronicle — joy first, then devastation with open eyes, chosen family in cheap flats and club nights. Ensemble chemistry that makes the…
- Nathaniel Curtis as Ash Mukherjee
Nathaniel Curtis’s Ash Mukherjee helped It’s a Sin’s five-episode London AIDS chronicle land harder — Russell T Davies at full emotional clarity, joy first, then devastation with open eyes, chosen family in cheap flats and club nights. TV…
- Omari Douglas as Roscoe Babatunde
Omari Douglas plays Roscoe Babatunde on It’s a Sin, Davies’s 2020s London AIDS chronicle where ensemble chemistry makes the tragedy land harder. Joy first, cheap flats and club nights, then devastation with open eyes. TV Flash files him…
- Lydia West as Jill Baxter
Lydia West made chosen family look like daylight as Jill Baxter on It's a Sin — Russell T Davies’s five-episode London AIDS chronicle, joy first, then devastation with open eyes, cheap flats and club nights as the set. Ensemble chemistry…