This is England '86

Notes:

• Same producer as film, Mark Herbert, but there was a second producer, Derrin Schlesinger
• Shane Meadows directed the 3rd and 4th episodes
• Same characters as film three years on
• Tom Harper directed the 1st and 2nd episodes (not involved in film)
• Written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne
• Warp films/Big arty production for channel 4
• Supported by Screen Yorkshire Production fund
• Co financed by EM Media
• A lot more characters and people involved
• After the Big Brother demise, channel 4 decided to invest an extra £20 million a year into dramas
• How skinheads went to mods
• Unemployment
• Left over ideas from film used
• Warp is a developing company
• Sponsored by Peugot
• Different fashions and styles
• Bigger cast
• More artificial lighting used than film
• More props
• Same humour
• More locations
• Still pre fabricated sets
• Different feel of cinematography
• Post production enhancement used
• Shaun isnt the only main character this time