Be still our beating hearts, quite frankly! Here’s what you need to know.

What is Fellow Travelers about?

The series follows Hawkins Fuller, a charismatic man who earns some seriously big bucks working behind the scenes in the political arena. As such, he prefers to keep his life as uncomplicated (and scandal-free) as possible, which means he avoids emotional entanglements in all their forms. Avoids them, that is, until he meets Tim Laughlin, an idealistic and quietly devout young man.

One thing leads to another, and it’s not long before the pair have fallen head-over-heels for one another – just in time for Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn to declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants”. In doing so, they spark a national moral panic around homosexuality, and initiate one of the darkest periods in 20th century American history.

Cue an epic love story and political thriller that spans four decades, as our two leads navigate the Vietnam war protests of the 1960s, the drug-fuelled disco hedonism of the 1970s, and the Aids crisis of the 1980s.

Will true love conquer all? God, we hope so.

Who stars in Fellow Travelers?

Created for television by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner, Fellow Travelers promises to be a starry affair. Bailey, of course, takes on the role of Tim Laughlin, while Matt Bomer stars opposite him as Hawkins Fuller.

They are joined by the likes of Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) as Marcus, Allison Williams (Get Out) as Lucy, Noah J Ricketts (American Gods) as Frankie, Linus Roache (My Policeman) as Senator Wesley Smith, Will Brill (The OA) as Roy Cohn, Chris Bauer (True Blood) as Senator Joseph McCarthy, and Christine Horne (Lost Girl) as Jean Kerr.

Fellow Travelers: Jonathan Bailey stars in this epic love story and political thriller series