It’s a Sin leads the way in 2022 TV Bafta nominations

Olly Alexander and cast members of Channel 4’s It’s a Sin. The series tracked a group of gay men and their friends as they navigated the UK’s HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s and early 90s. Photograph: Channel 4

Channel 4 series It’s a Sin leads the nominations at the Bafta television awards where it is in the running for 11 gongs.

The series, written and created by Queer as Folk and Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies, tracked a group of gay men and their friends as they navigated the UK’s HIV/Aids crisis in the 1980s and early 90s.