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A new world full of opportunity

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Vincent
Published date27 March 2024
Publication titleLoughborough Echo
The writer and creator of global phenomenon Peaky Blinders is continuing his ag-waving for the Midlands with his new drama This Town (Sunday, BBC1, 9pm)

Filmed around the Birmingham area, the six-part series is partially based on Knight's own adolescence. Set in Coventry and Birmingham, it tells the story of an extended family and a group of young people who are drawn into the explosive and thrilling music scene in the Midlands during the 1980s.

It begins in a time of civil unrest and violence, and we're introduced to the main character Dante (Levi Brown), an aspiring poet.

After wandering through a riot, he nds himself in a new world that is surprising, full of opportunity, but very dangerous.

He meets Jeannie Keefe (Eve Austin), and the duo decide to form a band, helping Dante nd the purpose he has been looking for.

But nothing is plain sailing - their fellow band member Bardon Quinn is seen being forced to join the IRA by his father, while Dante nds himself immersed in an unknown world of sex and drugs. Brown, who has previously starring in Payback and Invasion, explains what drew him to the part.

"He's a complex character - it's a role you really dream of as an actor because he has so many different...

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