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.
This Town (Season 1)
Episode 1 1.0
Air date: 2024-03-31
Runtime: 57 min
Overview: 1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.
Episode 2 0.0
Air date: 2024-04-01
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family – Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can sing.
Episode 3 1.0
Air date: 2024-04-07
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: There'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.
Episode 4 1.0
Air date: 2024-04-14
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Jeannie finds a warehouse where the band start to rehearse and forge an identity. Gregory schemes to keep his brother and Bardon safe.
Episode 5 0.0
Air date: 2024-04-21
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: Dante 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.
Episode 6 1.0
Air date: 2024-04-28
Runtime: 58 min
Overview: The 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.
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 1