This Town - Series 1

Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight for your future.

6 Episodes

Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1

1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of oppo...

Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2

A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family – Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can ...

Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3

There's no escape from the past. Skinhead Tyro seeks out Dante to avenge his beating, and Special Branch target Bardon and see an opportunit...

Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4

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

Season 1 - Episode 5

Dante seeks out new experiences to fuel his songwriting, embracing danger as he exposes himself to feelings and risks. Eamonn threatens to d...

Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6

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 fo...