Stars hit red carpet in Birmingham for This Town premiere
The new BBC drama from Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight premiered at Birmingham Town Hall last night, Tuesday 18 March and celebrities turned out to see it.
Screening on BBC1 on Easter Sunday at 9pm we can look forward to the high action drama from the Brummie writer with much of the scenes filmed around the West Midlands.
This Town tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and 2-Tone music, which grew from the grassroots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Unifying black, white and Asian youths at that time, Knight previously said the series soundtrack would be ‘sensational’.
Both a high-octane thriller and a family saga, This Town opens in 1981 at a moment of huge social tensions and unrest. Against this backdrop, it tells the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths in life, each needing the second chance that music offers.
Celebrities attending the premiere were Geraldine James, Peaky Blinders’ Jordan Bolger and UB40’s Robin Campbell.
Source: Birmingham Live