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Peaky Blinders creator’s new BBC drama hitting screens this month with Line of Duty and Downton Abbey stars
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight says this is a project ‘very close to his heart’
PEAKY Blinders creator Steven Knight is taking viewers back to Birmingham with his new drama This Town, which will premiere on BBC One at the end of the month.
This Town boasts an impressive cast that includes Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery and Line of Duty’s Ben Rose — plus actors from Peaky Blinders, The Book of Boba Fett and Sex Education.
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What is This Town about?
This Town is the story of an extended family and a group of young people who are drawn into an explosive and thrilling music scene in the Midlands in the 1980s.
Set between Birmingham and Coventry in 1981, This Town begins at a moment of huge social tension and unrest.
Against this backdrop, it tells the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths in life, each in need of the second chance that music offers.
It was filmed on location in the Birmingham area, and at Steven Knight’s new Digbeth Loc. Film and TV Studios.
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Thrilled to bring this story to the screen, Steven said: “This is a project very close to my heart. It’s about an era I lived through and know well and it involves characters who I feel I grew up with.
“It’s a love letter to Birmingham and Coventry, but I hope people from all over the world will relate to it.”
Who stars in This Town?
This Town boasts a star-studded cast that includes Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery as Estella and Line of Duty actor Ben Rose as Bardon Quinn.
They will be joined by Levi Brown (Loss and Return) as Dante Williams, Eve Austin (You) as Jeannie Keefe and Freya Parks (The School of Good and Evil) as Fiona, and Nicholas Pinnock (For Life) as Deuce Williams.
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Steven will also reunite with Peaky Blinder star Jordan Bolger (who is also known for The Book of Boba Fett) for the first time since the period crime drama ended. Jordan will play Gregory Williams.
It’s a love letter to Birmingham and Coventry, but I hope people from all over the world will relate to it.
Steven Knight
Geraldine James (Anne with an E), Peter McDonald (The Batman), John Heffernan (Dracula), Stefan Asante-Boateng (Coronation Street), Séainín Brennan (The Fall), George Somner (Sex Education), Brendan Gibson (Peaky Blinders), David Dawson (My Policeman) and Shyvonne Ahmmad (Annika) will also feature in the series.
This Town is co-produced by Mercury Studios (part of the Universal Music Group) who have helped create the musical backdrop for this explosive story.
Acclaimed producer Dan Carey, Brit and Mercury nominated musician, novelist and poet Kate Tempest, and singer-songwriter ESKA have written the songs performed by the band in the series.
When will This Town be released?
This Town will have a double premiere with episodes one and two airing at 9pm on BBC One on Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April, respectively. Episodes will then air weekly.
The series consists of six episodes and they will also be available to stream in full on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Sunday 31 March.
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This Town premieres on BBC One on 31 March at 9pm.
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