32% Positive
Network:Sky Documentaries
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S01E03 - "Over the Rainbow?"
Aired on Dec 8, 2021, 11:00 PM
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Description
Positive uses intimate testimony from some of the earliest HIV patients and real-life heroes to tell the tragedies and triumphs of Britain's 40-year battle with HIV.  The series tracks the recent social history of our country, from a nation mired in prejudice, intolerance and homophobia to a society that's increasingly accepting of individuals' sexual and gender choices. Through Positive, audiences will witness the making of modern Britain.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Tainted Love
Charting the history of HIV in Britain, beginning with a look at how the first recorded UK case in 1981 provoked panic and hostility. People caught up in events, including Jonathan Blake, one of the first HIV patients in the UK, reveal in vivid detail how they confronted the disease that would go on to change Britain.
Dec 1, 2021
60 min
E2
Love Will Tear Us Apart
A look at how the first government-sponsored national AIDS awareness appeared to cut through some of the prejudice, but the lack of effective medicine or vaccine hits hard.
Dec 8, 2021
60 min
E3
Over the Rainbow?
Dec 8, 2021
60 min