This Is England '88
This Is England '88 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.6 |
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About
"Grief and mateship collide at Christmas"
A three-part continuation of Shane Meadows' This Is England saga, catching up with the same working-class friends around Christmas 1988. Lol struggles under the weight of past trauma while Combo serves time after the events that shattered the group. It's raw, intimate British social-realist drama, shot with a handheld immediacy that makes the pub banter and family scenes feel unscripted. Funny and devastating in the same breath, it trades the earlier film's youthful energy for something heavier and more claustrophobic, carried almost entirely by its cast's performances.
the raw, lived-in performances that make grief and working-class friendship feel unbearably real.
you need plot momentum, since this leans on mood and emotional devastation over story.
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.8 | 359 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.0 | 345 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.6 | 365 | 47 min |