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This Is England '86

2010 · 1 season

A raw, bittersweet slice of 1980s working-class life that swings between laugh-out-loud banter and gut-wrenching trauma.

Created by: Shane Meadows
Genres: Drama
Starring: Joseph Gilgun, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham

Overview: 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 is leaving school.

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Created by: Shane Meadows
Genres: Drama
Starring: Joseph Gilgun, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
family
trauma
class
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	9
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Created by: Shane Meadows
Written by: Jack Thorne, Shane Meadows
Starring: Joseph Gilgun, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham, Thomas Turgoose, Andrew Ellis, Andrew Shim, Chanel Cresswell, Danielle Watson
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes, 185 min each
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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