This Is England '86

[WaltonRed]

i thought it would be Milky, ta boys.

 

Yeh combo is back soon enough.

 

I imagine, wanting to make amends with Milk and the gang and what better way than battering the fuck out of Mick.

[RobbieOR]

Is that Pakistani fella that was having it off with Shauns mum the fella that owned the corner shop in the film? The one that Combo and Shaun robbed?

[Jonny83]

Is that Pakistani fella that was having it off with Shauns mum the fella that owned the corner shop in the film? The one that Combo and Shaun robbed?

 

Yep I believe so, think he's Indian though.

 

Been enjoying it so far - for my sins I hadn't even seen the original film until just over a week ago!

[loadsoftrophies]

I'm enjoying it so far although i have to say i expected better. Heavy going in last nights one, Lol is an excellent actress, really strong performance but i just don't think the lad playing Milky is good enough and he's starting to do my head in.

[The Tott]

Coming along very nicely. Cant wait for combo to come back into the fray.

 

Going back to earliar in the thread, Paddy Considine has been Shane Meadows best mate since they were in college, and he co-wrote Dead Mans Shoes (which may i add is chillingly brilliant)

[Lurtz]

I'm enjoying it so far although i have to say i expected better. Heavy going in last nights one, Lol is an excellent actress, really strong performance but i just don't think the lad playing Milky is good enough and he's starting to do my head in.

 

Agree with that bit, also the girl who plays Smell is a dreadful actress. The bad performers stick out like sore thumbs against performances like Woody's, Lol's, Chrissy's etc. Woody especially I think is brilliant and has some great lines. "Have you seen how far I can lunge in these?"

[Mr Piechnik]

Woody especially I think is brilliant and has some great lines.

 

Emmerdale's finest!

[chrisbonnie]

im kinda undecided on this series as of yet

 

i enjoyed the film and all, and have watched the first 2 episodes,

 

but last nights one inparticular kinda annoyed me

 

some people may call it "gritty" or "dark"

 

but last nights episode had way too much bad shit happening in it

 

Lols father is home, he's a Paedo

 

Woodys job is shit, and his relationship is suffering from it

 

his missus is fucking his best mate

 

the weirdo that had a hearty last week has a love child but doesnt know about it

 

Shauns mam is fucking his boss

 

and one of the 2 lads, his old man beats him up!

 

can you see where im coming from, its an awful lot of negative shit to fit into a 1 hour episode, basically nothing good happens to any of the characters.

 

i personally think the writers went a bit crazy with their bic biros while making this one up

 

im not saying i want some "And they all lived happily ever after" ending,

 

but even some general entertainment wouldnt go a miss

[Gooch]

It's pretty decent, could definitely do with some Stephan Graham to spice it up a bit though.

 

Lol and Woody are good actors but the rest are only ok with a few poor ones as well like Smell and Chuck Liddell's double.

[Rush 346]

im kinda undecided on this series as of yet

 

i enjoyed the film and all, and have watched the first 2 episodes,

 

but last nights one inparticular kinda annoyed me

 

some people may call it "gritty" or "dark"

 

but last nights episode had way too much bad shit happening in it

 

Lols father is home, he's a Paedo

 

Woodys job is shit, and his relationship is suffering from it

 

his missus is fucking his best mate

 

the weirdo that had a hearty last week has a love child but doesnt know about it

 

Shauns mam is fucking his boss

 

and one of the 2 lads, his old man beats him up!

 

can you see where im coming from, its an awful lot of negative shit to fit into a 1 hour episode, basically nothing good happens to any of the characters.

 

i personally think the writers went a bit crazy with their bic biros while making this one up

 

im not saying i want some "And they all lived happily ever after" ending,

 

but even some general entertainment wouldnt go a miss

 

yes, agreed still gripping stuff though, where is it filmed? its depressing that some of the estates they film on still exist

[Lurtz]

yes, agreed still gripping stuff though, where is it filmed? its depressing that some of the estates they film on still exist

 

It's filmed in Sheffield I believe. Explains a lot.

[Wor Horse]

Where's it set? There's a mixture of accents.

[WaltonRed]

Cleethorpes way i think, grimsby?

 

Meadows born in Uttoxeter moved to Nottingham and based on his life so Nottingham i reckon.

 

it could be set now if it wasnt for the clothes, music, cultural refs

[Cardie]

im kinda undecided on this series as of yet

 

i enjoyed the film and all, and have watched the first 2 episodes,

 

but last nights one inparticular kinda annoyed me

 

some people may call it "gritty" or "dark"

 

but last nights episode had way too much bad shit happening in it

 

Lols father is home, he's a Paedo

 

Woodys job is shit, and his relationship is suffering from it

 

his missus is fucking his best mate

 

the weirdo that had a hearty last week has a love child but doesnt know about it

 

Shauns mam is fucking his boss

 

and one of the 2 lads, his old man beats him up!

 

can you see where im coming from, its an awful lot of negative shit to fit into a 1 hour episode, basically nothing good happens to any of the characters.

 

i personally think the writers went a bit crazy with their bic biros while making this one up

 

im not saying i want some "And they all lived happily ever after" ending,

 

but even some general entertainment wouldnt go a miss

 

The fun only happens when they're all together in a group like you see during the party and the shit only hits the fan when they're split up and have to deal with their own lives.

[Cardie]

 

The fun only happens when they're all together in a group like you see during the party and the shit only hits the fan when they're split up and have to deal with their own lives.

 

Even the film started off bright and relatively happy before descending into a shit storm of racism and violence this one has gone the same way with a relatively light first episode setting up what happens when they go back to their lives

 

Balls was supposed to edit previous post not quote it.

[Spy Bee]

I only watched one and a half episodes. It was gash!

[Vincent Vega]

im kinda undecided on this series as of yet

 

i enjoyed the film and all, and have watched the first 2 episodes,

 

but last nights one inparticular kinda annoyed me

 

some people may call it "gritty" or "dark"

 

but last nights episode had way too much bad shit happening in it

 

Lols father is home, he's a Paedo

 

Woodys job is shit, and his relationship is suffering from it

 

his missus is fucking his best mate

 

the weirdo that had a hearty last week has a love child but doesnt know about it

 

Shauns mam is fucking his boss

 

and one of the 2 lads, his old man beats him up!

 

can you see where im coming from, its an awful lot of negative shit to fit into a 1 hour episode, basically nothing good happens to any of the characters.

 

i personally think the writers went a bit crazy with their bic biros while making this one up

 

im not saying i want some "And they all lived happily ever after" ending,

 

but even some general entertainment wouldnt go a miss

 

It's set in Northern Britain at the height of Thatcher's reign of terror, they were grim times for most people in this part of the world.

[RobbieOR]

That Gadget reminds me of James Corden.

[kopboy11]

Wasnt there another bloke in the gang in the film? Not sure but i think the bloke who played Cook in Skins played him.He seems to have been forgotten in the series.

[Furmedge]

Decided to google Smell to see if she was as bad as she looks in the film. I'm confused now.

 

 

[TopMod]

Thought it was just ok, too depressing really. Lad getting beat by his mother's latest boyfriend, child abuse etc. Also doesn't make a lot of sense, Woody's a manager but he can only get the worst flat in history and he can't even afford a proper US army parka. No mod in 1986 would wear that coat he wears. Hopefully will get better when Combo gets back.

[Lurtz]

Where's it set? There's a mixture of accents.

 

I don't think it's 'set' anywhere specific, a bit like Dead Man's Shoes wasn't. I think it's a generic northern town near the coast. I was told it was filmed in Sheffield but on further investigation it turns out to be Nottingham. I've read the claims that some parts are filmed around Grimsby. I lived in Grimsby for a few years and there's a scene near the start of ep1 which I thought was Grimsby docks so there may be some truth in that.

[Lurtz]

Thought it was just ok, too depressing really. Lad getting beat by his mother's latest boyfriend, child abuse etc. Also doesn't make a lot of sense, Woody's a manager but he can only get the worst flat in history and he can't even afford a proper US army parka. No mod in 1986 would wear that coat he wears. Hopefully will get better when Combo gets back.

 

From the exchange between him and his boss I doubt if he's a well paid manager. He's being used to do the boss' dirty work and probably earns very little. Just forming a premise, like.

[TopMod]

From the exchange between him and his boss I doubt if he's a well paid manager. He's being used to do the boss' dirty work and probably earns very little. Just forming a premise, like.

 

 

Could be, but considering the unemployment etc in the North, you'd expect him to be a wee bit better off than what's implied. Doesn't matter anyway as my wife just pointed out that he tell's Lol he took the flat cause he needed it quick or something. Still doesn't explain why he'd wear that coat.

[Gruntfuttock]

I don't think it's 'set' anywhere specific, a bit like Dead Man's Shoes wasn't. I think it's a generic northern town near the coast. I was told it was filmed in Sheffield but on further investigation it turns out to be Nottingham. I've read the claims that some parts are filmed around Grimsby. I lived in Grimsby for a few years and there's a scene near the start of ep1 which I thought was Grimsby docks so there may be some truth in that.

 

Most of it was filmed in the Gleadless Valley area of Sheffield,with a few other locations in the city used aswell.