This Town: Series 1

MA15+

2024

Created by Steven Knight
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6 episodes
Drama
Music

An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from... More

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.

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Where to watch This Town: Series 1

This Town: Series 1 is available to stream in Australia... More now on SBS On Demand.

This Town: Series 1 episodes

Episode 1

1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a... More riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.

Episode 2

A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family –... More Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can sing.

Episode 3

There's no escape from the past. Skinhead Tyro seeks out... More Dante to avenge his beating, and Special Branch target Bardon and see an opportunity to use Gregory.

Episode 4

Jeannie finds a warehouse where the band start to rehearse... More and forge an identity. Gregory schemes to keep his brother and Bardon safe.

Episode 5

Dante seeks out new experiences to fuel his songwriting, embracing... More danger as he exposes himself to feelings and risks. Eamonn threatens to drag Bardon back into his dark world.

Episode 6

The pressures that formed the band threaten to destroy it... More before it gets on stage, bedevilled by their inner demons as much as by outside forces.