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Depicting AIDS in Drama

Arts & Ideas

BBC

Society & Culture

4.2598 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Russell T. Davies is joined by his friend and author of Love from the Pink Palace, Jill Nalder to discuss their importance in one another’s lives, the importance of literature in their lives, and the TV series It’s a Sin with New Generation Thinker and psychiatrist Sabina Dosani and chair Matthew Sweet in a conversation recorded in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature which was recorded to mark World AIDS Day.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

You can find a collection of discussions recorded in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature in a collection called Prose, Poetry and Drama on the Radio 3 Free Thinking programme website.

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