{"id":11163,"date":"2022-02-14T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1583897"},"modified":"2022-02-14T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:00:36","slug":"russell-t-davies-i-always-knew-how-its-a-sin-would-end","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russell-t-davies-i-always-knew-how-its-a-sin-would-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies: \u2018I always knew how It\u2019s A Sin would end\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Russell T Davies has revealed that he knew what would <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/russell-t-davies-its-a-sin-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">happen at the end<\/a> of It\u2019s A Sin before writing the Channel 4 drama, adding that from the moment he typed the first page of dialogue, he \u201cknew that\u2019s where it was heading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong><\/a> in an exclusive interview, after topping our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tv-100-2021-full-list\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV 100<\/a> for 2021, Davies spoke about the ending of his five-part drama, which aired in January last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just always knew there would be a Jill and I always know it would simply end \u2013 I wasn\u2019t 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,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought that was the important thing. Not many friends, not many family \u2013 actually strangers are there.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6296739960001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\"\/><script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div> <p>He continued: \u201cThere 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\u2019re young. They\u2019re just 22, 23 years old there. Those are the best times, those are really good times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo literally the moment I sat at this desk and typed page one, scene one, episode one \u2013 I knew that\u2019s where it was heading. It\u2019s the getting there that\u2019s hard work.\u201d<\/p> <p>It\u2019s A Sin starred Olly Alexander as Ritchie, a young gay man in 1980\u2019s London living through the HIV\/AIDS crisis in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The series won two BAFTA Cymru awards as well as a National Television Award for Best New Drama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The RadioTimes.com <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/tv-100-2021-full-list\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV 100<\/a> arrives this week. 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