Adapted from Tony Kushner's award-winning plays about social, sexual, religious and other issues facing 1980s America as the AIDS crisis gains momentum.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
Two AIDS patients have disparate reactions to their illness in 1980s America.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
Prior hears voices from his hospital bed; Louis solicits sex from strangers; Joe makes a confession to his mother.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Prior returns home and is visited by a pair of spectral namesake ancestors who herald the arrival of 'the messenger'.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
Two AIDS patients have disparate reactions to their illness; with Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson.
EPISODE 5
Episode 5
EPISODE 6
Episode 6
Louis gets into a bitter argument with Joe while Ethel informs Cohn about an unfavourable review against him. Meanwhile, Prior pays a visit to heaven, where he meets a group of angels.
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson
Mary-Louise Parker
Jeffrey Wright
Justin Kirk
Ben Shenkman
Patrick Wilson
James Cromwell
Michael Gambon
Simon Callow
