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.
1 season · 6 episodes
Birmingham 1981: a city on edge, a music scene set to explode and a fight for your future.
S1 E1Episode 1
Mar 31, 202457 min
1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.
S1 E2Episode 2
Apr 1, 202458 min
A funeral brings together different sides of Dante’s family – Irish rebels and Jamaicans – and reunites him with his cousin Bardon, who can sing.
S1 E3Episode 3
Apr 7, 202458 min
There's no escape from the past. Skinhead Tyro seeks out Dante to avenge his beating, and Special Branch target Bardon and see an opportunity to use Gregory.
S1 E4Episode 4
Apr 14, 202458 min
Jeannie finds a warehouse where the band start to rehearse and forge an identity. Gregory schemes to keep his brother and Bardon safe.
S1 E5Episode 5
Apr 21, 202458 min
Dante seeks out new experiences to fuel his songwriting, embracing danger as he exposes himself to feelings and risks. Eamonn threatens to drag Bardon back into his dark world.
S1 E6Episode 6
Apr 28, 202458 min
The pressures that formed the band threaten to destroy it before it gets on stage, bedevilled by their inner demons as much as by outside forces.
