This is England 86. Shane Meadows eagerly awaited drama.

This is England '86, the eagerly awaited four-part drama from Shane Meadows, begins Tuesday 7 September at 10pm. Meadows and his cast share their experiences of working together again

It's 1986 - the year Chris de Burgh is at number one, Top Gun is filling the cinemas, VHS is trumping Betamax, the World Cup is raging in Mexico and over 3.4 million Brits are unemployed.

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