No second series for Steven Knight’s West Midlands BBC drama, This Town

Eleanor LawsonBBC Information, West MidlandsBBC/BANIJAY RIGHT/KUDOSThis City picked up a number of awards, however will not be being renewed for a second seriesThere might be no second sequence of the Steven Knight drama sequence This City, the BBC has confirmed.Launched in March 2024, the six-part sequence delved into the ska and two tone music scene within the Midlands within the early Eighties, amidst violence on the streets of Birmingham and Coventry. Filming happened in Birmingham, the Black Nation, Wolverhampton, Coventry, and Stoke-on-Trent, in addition to the brand new studio hub in Digbeth arrange by the Peaky Blinders creator.Confirming the information, a BBC spokesperson stated: “We’re vastly grateful to Steven Knight, Kudos and the forged and crew for bringing This City to life – in no small half resulting from Steven’s ardour for the West Midlands.”They added: “We look ahead to working with him on new tasks sooner or later and we’re in talks about what’s subsequent.”Among the many forged of the BBC One sequence have been Levi Brown as Dante Williams, Michelle Dockery as Estella, and David Dawson as Robbie Carmen.Only a few months in the past, the sequence picked up a Royal Tv Society (RTS) Programme Award within the ‘restricted sequence and single drama’ class, beating off competitors from Mr Bates vs The Put up Workplace and Breathtaking.It additionally took dwelling three awards from the RTS Midlands Awards in November.BBC/BANIJAY RIGHT/KUDOSThe sequence was filmed throughout the West Midlands and set in Birmingham and CoventryBBC/BANIJAY RIGHT/KUDOSThe sequence delved into the ska and two tone music scene within the Midlands within the early 1980sSpeaking concerning the setting for the drama final yr, Knight stated: “On the time it appeared utterly regular, however if you look again there was a interval when in Coventry after which Birmingham {that a} sure form of music appeared. “All of the sudden everybody appeared to return collectively no matter variations like race. “You’d go to a Birmingham soccer match, and go to the pub after the match, and somebody would flip up with a document participant and plug it in and everybody was united.”I believed it might be fascinating to inform a narrative set at the moment. I attempted to not inform a narrative of 4 individuals who type a band however 4 individuals in very very tough circumstances which they will solely escape from in the event that they type bands.”PA MediaSteven Knight is an ardent supporter of making and setting artwork within the MidlandsKnight nonetheless has a lot on the horizon, having simply been introduced as the author for the forthcoming James Bond movie, directed by Denis Villeneuve.His Peaky Blinders movie can also be set to be launched on Netflix, and Knight has additionally written a historic drama sequence for the streaming big concerning the Guinness brewing dynasty, known as Home of Guinness.