James Walton

Dramatic, urgent and intriguing: BBC1’s This Town reviewed

This Peaky Blinders-adjacent new drama, set in rundown, riven Eighties Birmingham, is a return to form for Steven Knight

Shaping up to be one of the highlights of the year: Bardon Quinn (Ben Rose), Greg Williams (Jordan Bolger) and Dante Williams (Levi Brown) in BBC1's This Town. Image: BBC / Banijay Rights, Kudos 
issue 06 April 2024
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