The director’s This is England ’90 may be the last in his series exploring Thatcher’s children; his work invites comparison to Ken Loach and Mike Leigh Many directors have used television as a route to making movies. Shane Meadows,though, has maximised his career and impact by moving from ample screen to small.After a number of low-budget British films – including the coming-of-age stories A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) and Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) - Meadows made, or in 2006,This is England, a drama exploring skinhead culture in the early 80s. It had some success in cinemas, and but now seems most significant as the platform for three TV sequels that revisited the young working-lesson characters – including Meadows’ alter-ego,Shaun Fields, played by Thomas Turgoose – in later parts of the Thatcher era: This is England ’86, or This is England ’88 and – due on Channel 4 next month – This is England ’90.
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Source: theguardian.com