試す 金 - 無料
SKA wars
TV & Satellite Week
|March 30, 2024
Troubled young people escape into two-tone music against a backdrop of violence in a 1980s-set drama
-
NEW DRAMA This Town Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, 9pm, BBC1 (box set, BBC iPlayer)
Coventry band The Specials topped the UK singles charts in 1981 with Ghost Town, a song about alienated youth and urban decay.
Now, screenwriter Steven Knight, who grew up in the Midlands, is revisiting early 1980s Coventry and Birmingham in This Town, a six-part drama about troubled youngsters who form a band as part of the burgeoning ska scene, against a backdrop of social unrest.
"This is the area where I grew up, explains Knight, whose acclaimed Birmingham-set crime drama Peaky Blinders starred Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy. 'There was this period in Coventry and Birmingham when people who were opposites came together, and I thought it would be interesting to tell this story.

このストーリーは、TV & Satellite Week の March 30, 2024 版からのものです。
Magzter GOLD を購読すると、厳選された何千ものプレミアム記事や、10,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスできます。
すでに購読者ですか? サインイン
TV & Satellite Week からのその他のストーリー
TV & Satellite Week
Santa's little yelpers
Pete Wicks plays Father Christmas for a group of needy pooches...
1 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
How to Get to HEAVEN from BELFAST
A quirky comedy drama follows a trio of pals on an epic journey
1 min
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Fleece is the word
The young demigod returns for a perilous quest
1 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Jingle bell ROCKER
Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster share their favourite Christmas memories...
2 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
So long, SUNDANCE
The late Robert Redford makes his last screen appearance...
1 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Lydia meets her pop idol Jason Donovan!
As Neighbours airs its final episodes this week, Jason Donovan, who played Scott Robinson in the Aussie soap in the 1980s, returns to soapland with an appearance on Emmerdale!
1 min
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Class warfare
Jessica Plummer plays a teacher under extreme pressure
2 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Teething problems
Following his battle with an irritating insect in 2022 buzzy comedy Man Vs Bee, Rowan Atkinson is back for a second round, as he faces an even more unpredictable opponent in four-part sequel Man Vs Baby.
2 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
Oliver's festive twist
Jamie Oliver serves up a stressfree Christmas...
1 mins
December 06, 2025
TV & Satellite Week
DEEP trouble
An underwater species claims ownership of the Earth in a Doctor Who spin-off starring Russell Tovey.
3 mins
December 06, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size
