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Binge watched four episodes yesterday, will watch the last two tonight. Love the cast and music. A very moving story, heartbreaking and heartwarming. Loved Olly Alexander in it. Colins story ( played by Callum Scott Howells) had me sobbing. Great TV , heart wrenching. Laughing and ugly crying in my house. La!
 
By far the best thing I’ve watched in a long time. Laughed, cried, every emotion possible! Superb writing and acting, really the highest standard. I couldn’t recommend it enough to anyone. Actually thin it should be compulsory viewing for everyone!
 
Such a good series. The Colin storyline was devastating and the acting was amazing. Glad it was funny and not just heavy drama all the time. Think I might rewatch as it was so good.

I was only born at the end of the 80s so too young to remember any of this, the only thing I vaguely remember hearing about HIV/AIDS was the Mark Fowler storyline in Eastenders. (just rewatched the clip behwen him and Peggy on YouTube... was really poignant and well-acted too). So shocking to see how much of a stigma there was at the time. I can sort of understand the whole extreme quarantine thing as nobody yet really knew if it was spread via touch or saliva etc, but the inhumanity of it all was really hard to see.
 
I loved the show but I probably won’t watch it again. My uncle died of HIV related illness the day after Freddie Mercury and while I never knew him (I was born in 92) its very upsetting to think of how he must have spent his last months of his life. My mam and her family were as supportive as an Irish catholic family could be in the 80’s/early 90’s.
It’s horrible the stigma they faced every day so while I absolutely loved the show I think it’s the first and last time I give it a go.
 
Aussie said:
Not sure if this was mentioned as I've not RTFT, the actor who played Ritchie's BF Donald is actually HIV positive IRL.
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I read his story after you posted this here. He contracted HIV the very first time he had sex, aged sixteen.

nickhernbooksblog.com

‘I’ve vowed to keep on telling my story’ – Nathaniel Hall on First Time and tackling HIV stigma

In Nathaniel Hall’s hilarious and heartbreaking solo show First Time – a hit at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 and on its UK tour, and now available in print – the theatre-maker and activist draw…
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Shutterbug99 said:
I read his story after you posted this here. He contracted HIV the very first time he had sex, aged sixteen.

nickhernbooksblog.com

‘I’ve vowed to keep on telling my story’ – Nathaniel Hall on First Time and tackling HIV stigma

In Nathaniel Hall’s hilarious and heartbreaking solo show First Time – a hit at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 and on its UK tour, and now available in print – the theatre-maker and activist draw…
nickhernbooksblog.com nickhernbooksblog.com
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Oh my goodness that poor boy.
 
Watching this at the moment, it's devastating yet funny and joyful at the same time. I didn't fully realise that some Aids patients really suffered from senility/dementia-like symptoms, Colin's story has really stayed with me - thinking about how hard it must have been for their loved ones. He was such a loveable character, too. And how authoritarian the Welsh police and doctors were- terrifying. At least he had a loving mum and strong advocates in his friends.

Really interesting that in the early years those talking about the disease were treated as mad conspiracy theorists and to see how that slowly shifted. And it must have been so lonely for those patients who died in the early years of the epidemic.
 
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