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There have been adverts on C4 for a couple weeks now. I really hope this doesnt spoil the film. The way it ended is one of the best things about, even though I wanted to know what happened to Milky.
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Originally Posted by wikipedia
On 26 August 2009, Channel 4 said it would fund a four-part television drama, This Is England 1986, to be written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. It will pick up the story of several characters, four years on. Meadows said:
When I finished This Is England, I had a wealth of material and unused ideas that I felt very keen to take further – audiences seemed to really respond to the characters we created and out of my longstanding relationship with Film4 and Channel 4 the idea for a television serial developed. Not only did I want to take the story of the gang broader and deeper, I also saw in the experiences of the young in 1986 many resonances to now – recession, lack of jobs, sense of the world at a turning point. Whereas the film told part of the story, the TV serial will tell the rest.[14]
It will be set when the 1986 World Cup was in Mexico, Chris de Burgh was number one in the music charts and 3.4 million people were unemployed in Britain. As Shaun (still played by Thomas Turgoose) writes his last school exam, he realises he will have to find his way in the world. His friends — including Woody, Lol, Smell, Gadget and Meggie — are still around, looking for love, entertainment and employment.[15] Meadows said that Combo (again played by Stephen Graham) would return, that the fate of Milky would be revealed, and that part of the story would be based on a wedding between Woody and Lol that would be called off. He said if the series succeeded, he would follow it with another series.[16]
On 6 January 2010, Meadows said on his website that the project would be called This is England 86. He said Milky was alive, Combo would return and that Woody has a factory job and is about to marry Lol. The scripts are complete and filming is due to begin at the end of March.[17] He later added that scooters including Vespa and Lambretta will be used in the series - reflecting the Scooterboy movement in the mid-late 80's - and that it is currently scheduled to air in September 2010. This is the first time that he has had a female-lead story, with Lol playing the central role.
Much of the series was filmed around Gleadless Valley area of Sheffield. As of June 5, 2010, filming has now been completed and the series is in post-production. The first official images have been released as well as amusing news about an escaped parrot on set. A special promo video for the series is also available to watch on the official C4 microsite
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