Russell T Davies has revealed that he knew what would happen at the end of It’s A Sin before writing the Channel 4 drama, adding that from the moment he typed the first page of dialogue, he “knew that’s where it was heading.”
Speaking to RadioTimes.com in an exclusive interview, after topping our TV 100 for 2021, Davies spoke about the ending of his five-part drama, which aired in January last year.
“I just always knew there would be a Jill and I always know it would simply end – I wasn’t exactly sure what would happen in the story, but I knew whatever happened in the story would end with her going back on a ward to sit with a stranger,” he said. “I thought that was the important thing. Not many friends, not many family – actually strangers are there.”
He continued: “There were versions of that scene and then to flashback at the very end to see that gang at their happiest and their funniest, just laughing on a park bench like you do when you’re young. They’re just 22, 23 years old there. Those are the best times, those are really good times.
“So literally the moment I sat at this desk and typed page one, scene one, episode one – I knew that’s where it was heading. It’s the getting there that’s hard work.”
It’s A Sin starred Olly Alexander as Ritchie, a young gay man in 1980’s London living through the HIV/AIDS crisis in the UK.
The series won two BAFTA Cymru awards as well as a National Television Award for Best New Drama.
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