This Is England '90

3 September 2015

Gazza’s tears. Hubble’s launch. Saddam’s invasion. Mandela’s release. This is 1990. This is England. And Lol, Woody, Shaun, Milky, Smell, Gadget, Harvey, Kell, Trev and Combo are back for the final chapter of Shane Meadows’ multi award-winning landmark series.

Following on from This Is England ’88, renowned filmmaker Meadows picks up the action in the summer of 1990. From fun-loving fatties, bowl hairdos and baggy jeans, snorting whizz at the town hall discos in spring, the gang become part of the loved-up masses as they batter Es with thousands of new brothers and sisters in the fields, forests and factories of England during the summer of love.

It’s two years since the less-than-festive Christmas of ’88, with some of the gang embracing the new decade with more gusto than others. This last series is set across a year, and in true This Is England style, the second summer of love soon gives away to a winter of discontent.

Shane Meadows’ feature film This is England was released in cinemas in 2006 and won multiple awards, including the BAFTA for Best British Film and the BIFA for Best British Independent Film.

He followed it up with the four-part television series This Is England ’86, co-written by Jack Thorne, which aired on Channel 4 in 2010 to critical acclaim. The serial was nominated for several awards, winning amongst others Best Writer – Drama at the RTS Awards for Meadows and Thorne, and the Best Actress BAFTA for Vicky McClure.

This Is England ’88, a three-part mini-series set during the Christmas of that year and again co-written by Meadows and Thorne, aired on Channel 4 in December 2011. It won the BAFTA for Best Mini-Series, with further nominations for Vicky McClure (Best Actress) and Joseph Gilgun (Best Actor).

The film and series are all Warp Films productions.

 

Billings – episodes 1 & 2

Ep1

Spring. Woody is in his element as a stay at home Dad sharing the fun with Milky while Lol flourishes running the School Kitchen. Harvey and Gadget get baked all day, Chrissy’s got a girlfriend and Shaun is pining for Smell. There’s a party brewing and they’re all going to have it.

 

Ep 2

Summer. The BBQ’s are out and the raves are on. It’s all fun and games and the gang are out to embrace the Summer of love. While Lol, Woody and Milky revel in domestic bliss the rest of the gang embark on a journey they will never forget.