Drama’s leading star Olly Alexander takes second spot in RadioTimes.com’s TV Top 100 2021 list
Russell T Davies, whose five-part drama It’s A Sin centred on the lives lost to Aids in the 1980s, has been named the most influential name in television in an annual list compiled by industry experts, with the drama’s leading star, Olly Alexander, taking second spot.
Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis, whose performance raised awareness of hearing impairments, came third, while the creators of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and Succession, Jesse Armstrong, two of the biggest international television shows of 2021, completed the top five.