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AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Real stories, real voices. The Aids crisis as never told before, by those who survived - and those who did not. Frank, intimate accounts from the heart of a devastating epidemic.

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documentary, history

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DMV Entertainment

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

Narrated by

John

Tony

Tony O

Jeremy

Michael

David

Alan Turkington

Pete

Martyn

Blake Patrick Anderson

Emma

Jonathan

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This programme contains
some strong language. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

This programme contains some strong language.

MUSIC: Blue Monday by New Order - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

MUSIC: Blue Monday by New Order

Pete Webb, tape one, side one. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Pete Webb, tape one, side one.

Session three on Friday,
the 8th of November. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Session three on Friday, the 8th of November.

It had been ten years
since Terry Higgins - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

It had been ten years since Terry Higgins

At the start of the '80s,
gay men were still considered - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

At the start of the '80s, gay men were still considered

I was in awe,
and I was terrified too! - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was in awe, and I was terrified too!

When I'm cleaning my teeth, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

When I'm cleaning my teeth,

We didn't have any treatment
of the underlying virus. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

We didn't have any treatment of the underlying virus.

I'd been sneaking out to go
to gay clubs and gay pubs
without my parents realising it. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I'd been sneaking out to go to gay clubs and gay pubs w...

INTERVIEWER: I was wondering
whether you could start - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

INTERVIEWER: I was wondering whether you could start

For some, having sex with
as many men as possible - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

For some, having sex with as many men as possible

I had the most fabulous lifestyle. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I had the most fabulous lifestyle.

I was in a bar
and in walks this young man... - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was in a bar and in walks this young man...

So, I went to the hospital... - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

So, I went to the hospital...

REPORTER: Many people still think of
Aids as a gay plague. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

REPORTER: Many people still think of Aids as a gay plague.

I was reading the gay newspapers,
and I came across this piece - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was reading the gay newspapers, and I came across this pie...

And I thought, "Oh, thank goodness.
"Thank goodness. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

And I thought, "Oh, thank goodness. "Thank goodnes...

The most detailed study into
the main anti-Aids drug, AZT, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

The most detailed study into the main anti-Aids drug, AZT,

I had a meeting at
the Department of Health, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I had a meeting at the Department of Health,

I had gone into the ward - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I had gone into the ward

George and I came back from the
hospital and we cried and talked. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

George and I came back from the hospital and we cried and ta...

Paid for the funeral out of
my student grant, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Paid for the funeral out of my student grant,

TV THEME SONG PLAYS - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

TV THEME SONG PLAYS

There were the sort of first big
scare stories in the press over here - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

There were the sort of first big scare stories in the press ...

INTERVIEWER: Can you remember
how you responded - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

INTERVIEWER: Can you remember how you responded

They became our sort of cathedrals. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

They became our sort of cathedrals.

Being diagnosed as positive made
me think harder about living - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Being diagnosed as positive made me think harder about livin...

One thing that is true is that
there are no certainties - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

One thing that is true is that there are no certainties

I don't think it's a coincidence
that ecstasy took off - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I don't think it's a coincidence that ecstasy took...

While some gay men lost themselves
on the dance floor, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

While some gay men lost themselves on the dance floor,

My physical health was really,
really bad. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

My physical health was really, really bad.

The Health Education Authority
has warned that HIV and Aids - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

The Health Education Authority has warned that HIV and Aids

Session number one with Emma. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Session number one with Emma.

And I couldn't really believe it. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

And I couldn't really believe it.

I think at that time in nursing
and medicine, we were... - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I think at that time in nursing and medicine, we were...

My life changed so much
as he became iller. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

My life changed so much as he became iller.

So I went to visit my mother's
and we were just chatting - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

So I went to visit my mother's and we were just chattin...

We wanted to make sure that
everybody was supported on the ward. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

We wanted to make sure that everybody was supported on the w...

My sister never really accepted me
being gay. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

My sister never really accepted me being gay.

Well, I first got badly ill
in, er...'84. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Well, I first got badly ill in, er...'84.

Well, we could just be on the brink
of a medical breakthrough - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Well, we could just be on the brink of a medical breakthroug...

The discovery of the virus - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

The discovery of the virus

We could look at our cohort
of people - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

We could look at our cohort of people

Once we had the test, everyone
could see you were dealing with - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Once we had the test, everyone could see you were dealing wi...

We still didn't know how many
of them were going to go and develop
AIDS. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

We still didn't know how many of them were going to go ...

Does it not upset you,
having those daft songs? - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Does it not upset you, having those daft songs?

..and again. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was so young when it all began
for me, that I don't think - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was so young when it all began for me, that I don't t...

By 1996, 15 years after Aids had
first been discovered in the gay - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

By 1996, 15 years after Aids had first been discovered in th...

There was a Section 28 March
in London. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

There was a Section 28 March in London.

Up to 17,000 people in England
and Wales could die from Aids - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Up to 17,000 people in England and Wales could die from Aids

Colin's condition and mind
have changed again lately. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Colin's condition and mind have changed again lately.

VOICEOVER: As the new decade
approached, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

VOICEOVER: As the new decade approached,

I went, "It's just me.
You've got me." - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I went, "It's just me. You've got me."

You know, zipping up a body bag
on your friend - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

You know, zipping up a body bag on your friend

It was a miserable, rainy Saturday - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

It was a miserable, rainy Saturday

The lovers I have lost, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

The lovers I have lost,

We would often see couples together - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

We would often see couples together

TV: Tony Whitehead has been
HIV-positive for a decade. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

TV: Tony Whitehead has been HIV-positive for a decade.

MUSIC: Forbidden Colours
by David Sylvian - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

MUSIC: Forbidden Colours by David Sylvian

There was a guy on the ward. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

There was a guy on the ward.

I think I realised in the beginning - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I think I realised in the beginning

They talk about the Lazarus effect. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

They talk about the Lazarus effect.

The Higgins Trust impress on you - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

The Higgins Trust impress on you

I didn't know gay men could love
each other. Nobody had told me that. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I didn't know gay men could love each other. Nobody had...

I mean, I'm amazed.
I was diagnosed... - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I mean, I'm amazed. I was diagnosed...

INTERVIEWER: Did George die in
hospital? - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

INTERVIEWER: Did George die in hospital?

I'm 72, you know. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I'm 72, you know.

What I actually want from life now - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

What I actually want from life now

And, since then, it just felt
that life's been dead for me. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

And, since then, it just felt that life's been dead for...

It's a life full of quality then.
I mean... - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

It's a life full of quality then. I mean...

I was so young,
when it all began for me, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I was so young, when it all began for me,

There's a very, very high
probability - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

There's a very, very high probability

And what are your thoughts
about the future? - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

And what are your thoughts about the future?

Been a little bad boy
for the Aids sector. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Been a little bad boy for the Aids sector.

I kept getting chest infections, - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

I kept getting chest infections,

There is now a danger
that has become a threat to us all. - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

There is now a danger that has become a threat to us all.

Discover more about the reality
of living with HIV and Aids - AIDS: The Unheard Tapes

Discover more about the reality of living with HIV and Aids

AIDS: The Unheard Tapes poster

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Real stories, real voices. The Aids crisis as never told before, by those who survived - and those who did not. Frank, intimate accounts from the heart of a devastating epidemic.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: DMV Entertainment

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 9.1

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Released: 27 Jun 2022

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total

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