Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves

Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves
Adam Lundgren and Adam Pålsson, the lead actors
SwedishTorka aldrig tårar utan handskar
GenreDrama
Based onTorka aldrig tårar utan handskar
by Jonas Gardell
Screenplay byJonas Gardell
Directed bySimon Kaijser
Starring
Narrated byBjörn Kjellman
Theme music composerAndreas Mattsson
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerMaria Nordenberg
CinematographyStefan Kullänger
Editors
  • Agneta Scherman
  • Simon Kaijser
Running time58 min
Production companySveriges Television
Original release
NetworkSVT1
Release8 October (2012-10-08) –
22 October 2012 (2012-10-22)
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Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves (Swedish: Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar) is a 2012 three-part Swedish TV drama about the impact of AIDS in Stockholm's gay community in the early 1980s. It is based on the Swedish novelist Jonas Gardell's trilogy with the same name, with each episode covering one of the three novels that are subtitled Love, Disease and Death.[1]

The three-part drama was produced by Sveriges Television,[2] and aired the first time on SVT1 on 8, 15 and 22 October 2012.

In September 2013, it was announced that the BBC had bought the series,[3] and the first episode was aired on BBC Four on 2 December 2013 to mark World AIDS Day.[2]

  1. ^ "Aidsdrama ska ge bögarna upprättelse" [AIDS drama will give the gays redress]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "BBC Four acquires award-winning drama, Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves, to mark World Aids Day". BBC Media Centre. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. ^ "BBC buys new Swedish drama as SVT unveils int'l unit". TBI Vision. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.