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This Town
Overview
An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.
Key Crew
Producer: Charlotte Surtees, Tim Whitby
Writer: Steven Knight
Director: Paul Whittington
Top Cast
Levi Brown
Dante Williams
Jordan Bolger
Gregory Williams
Ben Rose
Bardon Quinn
Eve Austin
Jeannie
Freya Parks
Fiona
Peter McDonald
Eamonn Quinn
David Dawson
Robbie Carmen
Nicholas Pinnock
Deuce Williams
Seasons
Season 0 ()
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1 episodes
Season 1 (2024)
Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight for your future.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2024-03-311981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.
Runtime: 57 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
2024-04-01A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family – Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can sing.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2024-04-07There's no escape from the past. Skinhead Tyro seeks out Dante to avenge his beating, and Special Branch target Bardon and see an opportunity to use Gregory.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
2024-04-14Jeannie finds a warehouse where the band start to rehearse and forge an identity. Gregory schemes to keep his brother and Bardon safe.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 5: Episode 5
2024-04-21Dante seeks out new experiences to fuel his songwriting, embracing danger as he exposes himself to feelings and risks. Eamonn threatens to drag Bardon back into his dark world.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 6: Episode 6
2024-04-28The pressures that formed the band threaten to destroy it before it gets on stage, bedevilled by their inner demons as much as by outside forces.
Runtime: 58 minVideos
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