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This Is England ’90 is a 2015 British TV drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne and produced by Warp Films.

A spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, it is also a sequel to the series This Is England ’86 and This Is England ’88. This Is England ’90, was originally due in late 2012, but in July 2012, director Shane Meadows announced that the production had been put on hold in order for him to complete his documentary about reunited Manchester rock band The Stone Roses, and the actors were still waiting for confirmation as to when filming would start. In March 2014, Meadows confirmed that shooting would start later in the year although he had not yet finished the script. Meadows confirmed that this will likely be the final series of the saga.Read More »

This Is England ’88 is a 2011 British drama series written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. It is a spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, and set five years later. Like the film, This Is England ’88 stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, Vicky McClure as Lol and Joe Gilgun as Woody. The story takes place over Christmas 1988.Read More »

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This Is England ’86 is a 2010 British drama miniseries written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne. A spin-off from the 2006 film This Is England, and set three years later, it focuses on the mod revival scene rather than the skinhead subculture. Like the film, This Is England ’86 stars Thomas Turgoose as Shaun, although Lol (Vicky McClure) and Woody (Joe Gilgun) play even more central roles.Read More »

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Super close Mother LYN and daughter IONA (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes ‘best friends’ with KEELY, STACEY and CHELSEA. Used to being Iona’s bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with BELINDA, her neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, things aren’t going great for either of them. Iona struggles with the girls, who act more like frenemies than friends, and Belinda won’t give Lyn her stepladders back. Both Mother and Daughter retreat into fantasy and lies.Read More »