Will & Gloria once again delve into the British newspaper archives and attempt to unpick the real stories, of real people behind the sensational and attention-grabbing headlines of the 80s and 90s AIDS pandemic.

In a series finale Will & Gloria head to Brighton for the bank holiday weekend. Through the papers, the pair learn about the life of the UK’s first openly gay football referee, Norman Redman from West Sussex. However, very little is made of his years of campaigning for gay rights and HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Norman had to first contend with teams refusing to play because he was “homosexual”. Then teams refused to play when they learned Norman was “an AIDS carrier” as they deemed him “a health risk”.

The pair also uncover stories from the newspaper archives which include a visit to Brighton AIDS centre by the late Princess Dianna in 1990. A young man convicted of wielding an HIV-infected needled when challenged for stealing a bulb of garlic. And a new game being played in the school playgrounds of West Sussex called “AIDS”.

All articles and relevant documents from this episode are available on the:

XTRA Tea Blog - NORMAN REDMAN

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Music / Instrumental by Aries Beats 'A Sin' + WEBSITE

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Third-party media: Used under 'fair use' for the sole purpose of education, criticism and/or research relating to HIV/AIDS.

• British Newspaper Archives / Newspapers

Will & Gloria once again delve into the British newspaper archives and attempt to unpick the real stories, of real people behind the sensational and attention-grabbing headlines of the 80s and 90s AIDS pandemic.

In 1985 a 29-year-old man named Roger Youd was subject to a court order to be detained in Monsall Hospital when expressing he wanted to merely “go home”. Manchester council stated the order under the Public Health Act 1984 was sought because Roger was "bleeding" and given he had “AIDS” he was in their view “very dangerous” to the public. Little did they know the story would cause a national "furore" and Roger would eventually appeal to the Crown Court.

Staying in Manchester the pair look at the story of Angela Wilson who was diagnosed HIV positive in 1988 while on remand for shoplifting. Angela shares her story with a tabloid that dubs her "The AIDS Timebomb" before sharing Angela's heartache of becoming a drug addict at the hands of her abusive partner, turning to prostitution, and attempting suicide after her son is put up for adoption after she is diagnosed with "AIDS".

All articles and relevant documents from this episode are available on the:

XTRA Tea Blog - ROGER YOUD

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Music / Instrumental by Aries Beats 'A Sin' + WEBSITE

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Third-party media: Used under 'fair use' for the sole purpose of education, criticism and/or research relating to HIV/AIDS.

• British Newspaper Archives / Newspapers
• Audio 'It's a Sin' [Episode 3] by Russell T Davis/Channel4 - Watch 'It's a Sin' - HERE

Will & Gloria once again delve into the British newspaper archives and attempt to unpick the real stories, of real people behind the sensational and attention-grabbing headlines of the 80s and 90s AIDS pandemic.

In a series of child first’s, we hear the emotional accounts from brave parents who sadly lost their child to AIDS.

Irene, a mother who only learned she was HIV positive days before delivering twins discovers she only passed HIV to one of her twins. Doctors said only one of the twins contracting HIV was an “amazingly unusual case” and said to be a ‘first’. We also hear the story of one-year-old Antony Thorpe who was the first child in the UK to die due to AIDS after receiving contaminated blood in America when he was born 14 week premature.

And Eileen and Billy Quirk share how their 10-year-old son Stephen Quirk, was the first child living with haemophilia to die of an AIDS-related death after receiving contaminated blood products in the UK.

All articles and relevant documents from this episode are available on the:

XTRA Tea Blog - CHILD FIRSTS

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Music / Instrumental by Aries Beats 'A Sin' + WEBSITE

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Third-party media: Used under 'fair use' for the sole purpose of education, criticism and/or research relating to HIV/AIDS.

• British Newspaper Archives / Newspapers
• 'News at Ten' - Antony Thorpe report believed to be BBC