{"id":48466,"date":"2024-03-25T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2015044"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T00:02:44","slug":"peaky-blinders-creator-on-why-music-is-central-to-new-drama-this-town","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peaky-blinders-creator-on-why-music-is-central-to-new-drama-this-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Peaky Blinders creator on why music is central to new drama This Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peaky Blinders may be known for Nick Cave, but This Town is set to include many more nods to music. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 25 March 2024 at 21:00 PM<\/p>

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With the likes of Peaky Blinders<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SAS Rogue Heroes<\/a> under his belt, it\u2019s safe to say that viewers are expectantly waiting to see what Steven Knight<\/a>\u2018s latest show, This Town<\/a>, is all about.<\/p>\n

Well, the acclaimed screenwriter is taking a step in a bit more of a musical direction with this latest BBC series, which centres on Dante Williams (Levi Brown) and the formation of his band against a backdrop of violence, \u201ccapturing how creative genius can come from a time of madness\u201d, according to the synopsis.<\/p>\n

Speaking in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Knight revealed why music is central to the new drama, saying: \u201cIf you\u2019re doing period television, then ask what was actually happening then.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember, in Birmingham, you\u2019d go into a pub and be looking around for a plastic bag that might have been left; it was all a bit edgy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister was there on the night of the Birmingham pub bombings [in 1974]. There were no mobile phones then, and we were all sitting at home wondering if she was caught up in it. It was just part of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cEqually, you\u2019d go into a pub and the collecting tin [for the IRA] would go round and the Irish music was there. That\u2019s the other thing \u2013 the music is so central to that struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jordan Bolger as Gregory Williams and Nicholas Pinnock as Deuce Williams in This Town.<\/span><\/figcaption> Banijay Rights\/Kudos\/Robert Viglasky<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The music in the series includes influences from Ireland, Jamaica and Britain, boasting tunes from a range of genres like reggae and ska.<\/p>\n

As well as focusing on Dante\u2019s desire to start a band in the show, the music of the series is also a major draw \u2013 with Mercury-nominated musician, novelist and poet Kae Tempest and producer Dan Carey having written the songs performed by the band in the show.<\/p>\n

This Town is co-produced with Mercury Studios, part of the Universal Music Group, which has brought in high-profile musicians to \u201chelp lay the backdrop for Knight\u2019s incredible story\u201d.<\/p>

Dante\u2019s also a character with a lot of unashamed confidence, perhaps spurred on by the post-punk creativity of the time period.<\/p>\n

Speaking about that, Knight said: \u201cI saw a great quote from Leonard Cohen, that all you need to be a poet is arrogance and inexperience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a huge amount of arrogance and inexperience amongst working-class people at that time; an idea that there was no pre-existing definition of what you are and what you could achieve \u2013 you could just do what you want. That seems to have disappeared now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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