It will mark the second time that Dawson has teamed up with Knight, after previously appearing in the first season of Peaky Blinders as Roberts, the accountant to Billy Kimber (Charlie Creed-Miles).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Marcella<\/a>\u2019s Nicholas Pinnock will also star in the eight-part series, which previously had the working title of Two-Tone. It will tell the story of an extended family and four young people against the backdrop of the ska and two-tone scene in the Midlands in the late \u201970s and early \u201980s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Levi Brown, Jordan Bolger, Ben Rose and Eve Austin will play the show\u2019s four young leads, and will be joined by the likes of Geraldine James, Peter McDonald, Freya Parks and Shyvonne Ahmmad.<\/span><\/p>\n John Heffernan, Stefan Asante-Boateng, S\u00e9ain\u00edn Brennan, George Somner and Brendan Gibson round out the cast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The BBC describes the show as \u201cboth a high octane thriller and a family saga\u201d. The action kicks off in 1981, \u201cat a moment of huge social tensions and unrest\u201d, and the series will \u201ctell the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths in life, and each in need of the second chance that music offers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This Town will be co-produced with Mercury Studios, which is part of the Universal Music Group, who is set to bring in high-profile musicians to \u201chelp lay the backdrop for Knight\u2019s incredible story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Mercury-nominated musician, novelist and poet Kae Tempest and producer Dan Carey have written the songs performed by the band on screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> \u201cThis is a project very close to my heart,\u201d Knight said. \u201cIt\u2019s about an era I lived through and know well and it involves characters who I feel I grew up with.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a love letter to Birmingham and Coventry but I hope people from all over the world will relate to it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The BBC\u2019s drama commissioning editor Jo McClellan added: \u201cSteven\u2019s scripts are absolutely brilliant \u2013 they capture the wild energy of youth and a pivotal moment in time, all set to a fantastic soundtrack, and we can\u2019t wait to see this incredibly talented cast bring it all to life.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Filming for the show is currently underway in the Birmingham area.<\/span><\/p>\n Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Thursday, 24 November 2022 at 12:00 am Downton Abbey\u2019s Michelle Dockery is set to star alongside My Policeman\u2019s David Dawson in This Town, the new series from Peaky Blinders and SAS: Rogue Heroes creator Steven Knight.\u00a0 It will mark the second time that Dawson has teamed up with Knight, after previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26102,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama.jpg",1240,826,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama.jpg",1240,826,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/11\/peaky-blinders-and-downton-abbey-stars-cast-in-steven-knights-new-drama.jpg",1240,826,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Katie Rosseinsky Published: Thursday, 24 November 2022 at 12:00 am Downton Abbey\u2019s Michelle Dockery is set to star alongside My Policeman\u2019s David Dawson in This Town, the new series from Peaky Blinders and SAS: Rogue Heroes creator Steven Knight.\u00a0 It will mark the second time that Dawson has teamed up with Knight, after previously…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2018\/02\/MARCELLA_EPSISODE1_49-537194f.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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