← This Town

Series 1

6 episodes · 2024

Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight for your future.

  1. 1

    Episode 1

    Mar 31, 202457 min★ 7.3

    1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.

  2. 2

    Episode 2

    Apr 1, 202458 min★ 7.7

    A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family – Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can sing.

  3. 3

    Episode 3

    Apr 7, 202458 min★ 7.5

    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.

  4. 4

    Episode 4

    Apr 14, 202458 min★ 7.5

    Jeannie finds a warehouse where the band start to rehearse and forge an identity. Gregory schemes to keep his brother and Bardon safe.

  5. 5

    Episode 5

    Apr 21, 202458 min★ 7.3

    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.

  6. 6

    Episode 6

    Apr 28, 202458 min★ 7.4

    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.