Russell T. Davies Drama 'It's a Sin' Gets a U.S. Premiere Date

It's a Sin, the buzzy Russell T. Davies drama about the AIDS crisis in 1980s London is officially coming to HBO Max in February.

Set in 1981, the five-part series follows a group of gay teenagers who move to London in search of sexual and personal freedom, only to arrive just as the AIDS epidemic hits. It's a Sin is something of a darker counterpart to the original U.K. Queer as Folk, which Davies also created. While that series was a loud, proud paen to urban gay life, it did tend to ignore the darker undercurrent within that same culture, namely the AIDS crisis and the toll it took on the gay community.

It's a Sin confronts that tragedy head-on.