Downton Abbey Michelle Dockery, star of the Stars is leading Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s personal drama This Town For the BBC.
Knight’s six-parter is rolling the cameras in Birmingham and has cast a string of other British actors including Nicholas Pinnock (Marcella) David Dawson(My Policeman).
Formerly known as Two Tone, the show tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.
Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios is co-producer and will “bring in an exciting range of high profile musical artists to help lay the backdrop for Knight’s incredible story,” According to BBC. Mercury, along with Nebulastar (Banijay-backed Kudos) and Kudos North are co-producing in association Kudos North and Stigma Films.
“This is a project very close to my heart,” Knight’s war drama was a masterpiece, said Knight. SAS Rogue Heroes It is being aired on BBC One at the moment.
“It’s about an era I lived through and know well and it involves characters who I feel I grew up with. It’s a love letter to Birmingham and Coventry but I hope people from all over the world will relate to it.”
Knight, along with Karen Wilson, Martin Haines and Katie McAleese are the creators, writers, and executive producers. Paul Whittingon directs, Charlotte Surtees produces and Banijay Rights distributes internationally.