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This Town

BBC iPlayer · English · 2024–2024

Also known as: Ez a város · Two Tone

Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Followers: 0

This Town tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.

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Season 16 episodes · 2024

Episode 1 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
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 opportunity.
Episode 2 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
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 sing.
Episode 3 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
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 opportunity to use Gregory.
Episode 4 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
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 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
Episode 5
Dante seeks out new experiences to fuel his songwriting, embracing danger as he exposes himself to feelings and risks. Eamonn threatens to drag Bardon back into his dark world.
Episode 6 · 31 Mar 2024 · 05:00 · 58 min
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 forces.