This Town (2 Viewers)

[M&B Stand]

Anyone watch it last night?

Best thing on TV in years imho

 

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[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Didn't watch last night, but its deffo on my must watch iplayer asap list......

Really hope it lives up to your review @M&B Stand

 

[Nick]

Is it about brummies?

 

[rob9872]

Done first 4 will finish it tonight. Excellent so far.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Done first 4 will finish it tonight. Excellent so far.

I've seen two. Very good .
Like the way (so far) Coventry people have Birmingham accents. As expected.

 

[rob9872]

I've seen two. Very good .
Like the way (so far) Coventry people have Birmingham accents. As expected.

Tbf that's how the rest of the world see us, but I guess only like me considering all southerners are cockneys

 

[The Great Eastern]

Done first 4 will finish it tonight. Excellent so far.

Also seen the 1st 4 episodes and will watch the last 2 tonight. Mostly filmed in Chelmsley Wood with Cov cathedral being the only bit I recognise as being 100% Cov. Pretty sure the several canal viaduct scenes were filmed at the M5/M6 junction.
Great series up to now and takes me back to my 20s. Got Peaky Blinders style all over it.

 

[M&B Stand]

Was the Irish Grandmother killed or did she have a heart attack? Or are we just meant to not actually know??!

 

[Nick]

Do you need to watch a few to get into it? Nearly through the first one but struggling to get into it so far.

 

[The Great Eastern]

Now watched it all. Loved it ! It might just induce a ska/two tone revival... Who knows ?
Sincerely hope theres a second series to show how the band progresses (or doesnt...) Quite a few unanswered questions !

 

[The Great Eastern]

Was the Irish Grandmother killed or did she have a heart attack? Or are we just meant to not actually know??!

She died of a heart attack.

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

Its excelllent. Very creatively written and filmed with some brilliant acting too. Yes there is a lot of artistic license in the storyline weaving together the issues of the time but its done so cleverly. I was 9 in 1981 so was not really into 2Tone but sense it captivates the time very well. BBC as ever always support and promote the very best dramas and writers that capture the different stories of places and their people.

 

[rob9872]

Lots of inconsistencies that I can't help but notice (even small detail like the pvc window frames) but still a great watch.

 

[Mcbean]

Main character sounds like Lenny Godber and the young Irish guy looks like a young Lenny Godber enjoying it

 

[ccfctommy]

Was the Irish Grandmother killed or did she have a heart attack? Or are we just meant to not actually know??!

Great. Cheers for that. Ever heard of a spoiler alert?

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

Just finished episode 2. Excellent show.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Watched the first episode today. It fell like it was setting the scene quite nicely.
Looking forward to the rest.

 

[Bertola]

Watched the first two, and enjoyed it, even if it does feel like Birmingham are trying to rewrite history a little bit.

Only other bit of Coventry (apart from those mentioned above) that I spotted was when he was calling the bomb threat through, it was at the top of the subway on Hill St, outside the Gatehouse

 

[David O'Day]

Watched the first two, and enjoyed it, even if it does feel like Birmingham are trying to rewrite history a little bit.

Only other bit of Coventry (apart from those mentioned above) that I spotted was when he was calling the bomb threat through, it was at the top of the subway on Hill St, outside the Gatehouse

Yeah the timeline is off as well for the music.

Good series though

 

[clint van damme]

The accents are brutal.
Though probably a bit better than Peaky Blinders

 

[Nick]

The accents are brutal.
Though probably a bit better than Peaky Blinders

Think you been the peaky fucking blinders.

 

[Frankly_Mr_Shankly]

Also seen the 1st 4 episodes and will watch the last 2 tonight. Mostly filmed in Chelmsley Wood with Cov cathedral being the only bit I recognise as being 100% Cov. Pretty sure the several canal viaduct scenes were filmed at the M5/M6 junction.
Great series up to now and takes me back to my 20s. Got Peaky Blinders style all over it.

Riley Square and Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green, also St Chads Church, Wood End spotted during my watching of it. First episode was a bit dull, hope it picks up which I’m sure it will.

 

[clint van damme]

4 in, hate to say it about a programme in which Cov features so heavily but it's fucking dogshit in my opinion.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Lots of inconsistencies that I can't help but notice (even small detail like the pvc window frames) but still a great watch.

I grew up in Cov and never once heard the IRA referred to as the "ra", though I'm sure that's just me.
No one ever called anyone a "fuck" either. You either didn't give one or you added " off"
Loads of inconsistencies that only people of a certain age would spot !

 

[Nick]

I've watched 6 of them. Is that it?

 

[Terry_dactyl]

I've watched 6 of them. Is that it?

You sound underwhelmed?

 

[Nick]

You sound underwhelmed?

Yeah, very!

It had far too many things going on and then it just ends, not the best at all.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

I'm sure there will be loads more series. The IRA story , the nightclub, the band, Bardon's situation. All these surely have legs.
If it has actually ended it's disappointing.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Yeah, very!

It had far too many things going on and then it just ends, not the best at all.

Still only seen the first episode. Sounds like the first season is maybe an extended version of that…setting the scene?

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

Still only seen the first episode. Sounds like the first season is maybe an extended version of that…setting the scene?

In episode 4 watch out for ( briefly) a bloke running away with a Cov city hat on .

 

[Brylowes]

Watched the first two, and enjoyed it, even if it does feel like Birmingham are trying to rewrite history a little bit.

Only other bit of Coventry (apart from those mentioned above) that I spotted was when he was calling the bomb threat through, it was at the top of the subway on Hill St, outside the Gatehouse

Christ, I haven’t lived in Coventry for 45 year’s, but even I recognised Riley Square, Bell Green, The many shots of the ring road, the Cathedral and the estate in Spon End.

 

[Johnnythespider]

4 in, hate to say it about a programme in which Cov features so heavily but it's fucking dogshit in my opinion.

I thought it was just me, I watched two and gave up, it seems Birmingham is about to create 2 Tone and Cov is full of IRA cells.

 

[Brylowes]

I thought it was just me, I watched two and gave up, it seems Birmingham is about to create 2 Tone and Cov is full of IRA cells.

The story unfolds after 2 Tone has already been created, I really don’t think it‘s got anything to do with the creation of that particular genre, it’s more an attempt to show what life was like in those areas at that particular time.

Though I do agree, it’s not all that good.

 

[chiefdave]

The story unfolds after 2 Tone has already been created, I really don’t think it‘s got anything to do with the creation of that particular genre, it’s more an attempt to show what life was like in those areas at that particular time.

From some of the early promo stuff I thought it was going to have a lot more focus on 2 Tone, this just seems more a generic story that could really be set anywhere but has a decent soundtrack.

Made it to halfway through the second episode before I gave up.

 

[Johnnythespider]

The story unfolds after 2 Tone has already been created, I really don’t think it‘s got anything to do with the creation of that particular genre, it’s more an attempt to show what life was like in those areas at that particular time.

Though I do agree, it’s not all that good.

Oh fair enough, maybe i should have given it more of a chance to develop