Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has developed a brand new BBC One sequence titled This Town. The present is described as a gritty drama set in Eighties Birmingham on the top of the grass music scene. The story follows “an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music,” which was a well-liked scene in Birmingham and Coventry born within the late ‘70s. We have our first look at the series to share with you today.
This is actually pretty interesting to me because I was very much into Ska when I was in high school. The title for the series is in reference to the 1971 song ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials. The track particulars the darkish and depressive period that was Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, deep in recession and social unrest. The lyrics learn “This town, is coming like a ghost town, all the clubs have been closed down….Bands won’t play no more, too much fighting on the dance floor.”
The description additionally says that the sequence is about in a “moment of huge social tensions and unrest,” which inserts proper in with the sort of tales that Knight likes to make.
The BBC additionally says that the music will likely be on the coronary heart of the present. Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios will present the soundtrack, and ita co-president Marc Robinson instructed the BBC: “We are thrilled to be able to creatively engage artists and help tell the story through new and original recordings.”
This Town will likely be directed by Paul Whittington and the forged contains Levi Brown, Jordan Bolger, Ben Rose, and Eve Austin . They are joined by Michelle Dockery (Downtown Abbey and The Gentlemen), and The Policeman star David Dawson.
There’s no launched date but, however we will count on it to premiere in 2024.
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