This is England '86

It's 1986 - the year Maradona ends England's world cup dreams in Mexico; the year Top Gun is the highest grossing film; the year over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed and the year Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is leaving school.

On his own again after the gang was broken up by Combo's (Stephen Graham) terrifying acts of violence, hapless Shaun is a magnet for trouble.  Then a chance encounter reunites him with Woody (Joe Gilgun), Lol (Vicky McClure), Smell (Rosamund Hanson) and the others and soon the past is forgotten.  The gang are back together and they're all looking for love, a laugh, a job and something that resembles a future. 

This is England '86 is acclaimed British filmmaker Shane Meadows' (Somers Town, Dead Man's Shoes) television debut and the much anticipated follow up to his BAFTA award-winning film.  Reuniting the original cast, the four-part drama for Channel 4 is co-written by Meadows and Jack Thorne (The Scouting Book For Boys, Skins), directed by Meadows and Tom Harper (Misfits) and produced by Warp Films.