i don't know, i think russell t davies has had extraordinary writing after extraordinary wriegd. yeah, it's really been well-received. in the u.k. and when it repeers-- premiers in the u.s. it will see how people resonate with the story and what they feel about it before i let you go, i would love to know how you worked on your accent because one of the feuds that is constantly, you know, brewing between the u.s. and the u.k. is how people do the other's accents. everyone loved your accent. how did you work on it. >> i have a pretty decent ear for accents. but i really didn't want to rely on that. so there was a dialectician i worked with a fair amount. we went through the entire script. we decided what type of person he was. >> trevor: did you do that thing where you live in, were you walking around your house like i would like some tea please. >> no, i went about a week early, to walk around and just kind of sit at pubs and listen to people, so that i miary was in line, the lardest part was when we were filming, my accent, i was fine with my accent as written but then between t

now that era of fear has been turned into tv gold for channel a by russell t davies.d every review that has been out, bravo! i have been blown away. we were so touched when we read it. i'm still processing it. just seeing the viewing figures, it's absolutely insane. it's amazing that there are moments where i am like, oh my god. do you seriously think there is an illness that kills gay men? it's a sin tells a story of a group of men through the aids epidemic with a cast of young to remember. you are not prepped for it. it's like a tidal wave. i've had really young gay people message me saying they had no idea this happened. this is a recognisable past. it's not that long ago. similar clothes. you can imagine what it was like. they are just shocked. of course you would be shocked. why is this happening? gay cancer. how is a cancer gay? this is rupert, everybody. hello. can i introduce deborah as well, who has vanished? there you are, deborah. rupert's boyfriend terry was terrence higgins, one of the very first people to die of an aids—related illness. rupert helped to

now that era of fear has been turned into tv gold for channel 4 by russell t davies.for you to tell everybody the impact of the show has had on the testing figures, because it has been quite amazing, hasn't it? yes, yeah. it really has been. it has increased them by fourfold. a lot more people are getting tested. that's remarkable. i am trying not to cry. i think it'sjust amazing to see any real—time response to the show from the audience watching. yeah, i guess i'm just really moved by it, honestly. the fact that a piece - of television has had such a cultural impact like this, but also, i you know, going on to what rupert was saying, the publicj health impact as well, that'sjust, it's crazy, _ it's so rare that locatelli can have that effect. the thought police. you're infected. in the series gill is the ally who tries to save them. just as deborah had decades earlier. i think it's taken a global pandemic of an entirely different sort to make people realise what happened and what young people went through in those days. thank you to deborah and to all the other wome