1.058 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe 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.
An extended family and four young people 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.
Score
Original ska and two-tone that'll have you skanking in your living room.
Production
Period-perfect 1980s Midlands — you can practically smell the chip shops.
Writing
Steven Knight weaves crime and family like only he can.
Creator
Steven Knight
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real two-tone movement briefly united Black and white working-class youth in Thatcher's fractured Britain — this show captures that fragile magic before it shattered.
Creator Steven Knight grew up in Birmingham and based several characters on family members; the Quinn family's pub is modeled after his uncle's actual establishment.
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