An extended family and four young people 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.
Levi Brown
Dante Williams
Jordan Bolger
Gregory Williams
Ben Rose
Bardon Quinn
Eve Austin
Jeannie
Freya Parks
Fiona
Peter McDonald
Eamonn Quinn
David Dawson
Robbie Carmen
Nicholas Pinnock
Deuce Williams
Michelle Dockery
Estella Williams
Paul Whittington
Director
Steven Knight
Writer
Charlotte Surtees
Producer
Tim Whitby
Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight for your future.
May 30, 2019
Apr 2, 1978
Nov 13, 2023
May 30, 2022
Mar 23, 2021
Jan 19, 2005
Sep 28, 2020
Apr 9, 2016
Sep 7, 2010
Apr 29, 2026
Sep 4, 2019
Oct 31, 2018
Sep 4, 2018
Jul 18, 2021
Sep 21, 2011
Mar 30, 2025
BBC One
Mercury Studios
GB
Kudos
Stigma Films
United Kingdom
English