{"id":21505,"date":"2022-06-24T11:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=21505"},"modified":"2022-06-24T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:39:18","slug":"new-bbc-ou-series-explores-the-unheard-voices-of-the-aids-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/education-languages-health\/health\/new-bbc-ou-series-explores-the-unheard-voices-of-the-aids-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"New BBC\/ OU series explores the unheard voices of the AIDS crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday (27 June), an innovative three-part documentary series starts on BBC 2, which tells the story of the British AIDS crisis as it\u2019s never been told before.<\/p>\n

Co-produced by the BBC and The Open University, AIDS: The Unheard Tapes <\/em><\/a>begins 40 years ago when a mysterious disease first appeared in Britain\u2019s gay community. A deadly and complex virus with no known cure, the \u2018gay plague\u2019 arrived at a time when homophobia and discrimination were commonplace. Few could talk openly about their experiences \u2013 or their illness.<\/p>\n

As the crisis grew, a small group of pioneering researchers began recording audio interviews with infected gay men and their friends. These interviews \u2013 a frank, intimate and sometimes humorous account of life at the heart of the AIDS epidemic \u2013 were archived in the British Library and have never been broadcast before. The series brings them to life with young actors who lip-sync to the original voice recordings.<\/p>\n