Shane Meadows This is England’88 finished last night and although it was a pretty bleak Christmas for most involved there was a little hope in the end.
Joseph Gilgun’s performance as Woody in this has been nothing but superb, his transition from friendly Christmas hello’s to distraught when he heard about Lol’s overdose was amazing stuff. I’ve loved watching him in Misfits too as the replacement for Robert Sheehan’s Nathan. In that he’s had the best lines of the season, he’s also been in Emmerdale but being soap free household my view of him hasn’t been tainted by that. Vicky Mclure won a Bafta last time for her performance as Lol and reprises her role this time trying to come to terms with her actions from the last series.
There wasn’t as much room for light relief in this 3 part Christmas special and I kind of missed the antics of Gadget and gang from the last time round but the focus was more on the aftermath of the last series. A brief appearance from Combo in prison serving time for killing Lol’s Dad was touching and seemed strange as Stephen Graham is now better known as Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire. Better get used to those bars kid.
80’s nostalgia spot- Vosene Shampoo (do they still make it?)
80’s error?-I’m sure they had a fibre optic xmas tree in the window of the posh house Shaun went to. I’m pretty sure I didn’t see any of those in 1988.
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