Doctor Who boss returns to TV with Aids drama

A new five-part drama series written by former Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies will explore the lives of a group of young gay men in 1980s London as the Aids crisis begins, Channel 4 has announced.

Writer and producer Davies, whose other popular works include Queer As Folk, Cucumber and A Very English Scandal, joins forces with the channel again with the series titled The Boys.

According to Channel 4, it is “the story of the 1980s, the story of Aids and the storyofthreeboys,ritchie, Roscoe and Colin, across the decade” and is due to go into production next year.

The commissioning of the series was announced as Davies prepares to appear at the Edinburgh TV Festival this Friday alongside British actor Hugh Grant. Davies said: “I lived through those times and it’s taken me decades to build up to this.”