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This Is England '90

★ 8.4 11K votes 2015–2015 1 season · 4 episodes Ended Channel 4
Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 9/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 9/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 9/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 9/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Lyra Mae ThomasVicky McClureMichael SochaJoe GilgunChanel CresswellJo Hartley
Starring
Lyra Mae ThomasVicky McClureMichael SochaJoe GilgunChanel CresswellJo Hartley
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About

"Friendship, ecstasy, and grief collide one last time"

This Is England '90 closes out Shane Meadows' generation-spanning saga about a tight-knit group of working-class English friends, now edging toward their twenties as rave culture and ecstasy sweep in. Told in four hour-long chapters spread across a year, it swings between raucous, joyful set pieces and sudden gut-punches of grief and violence. The pace is loose and novelistic, driven by naturalistic performances rather than plot mechanics. It's less about what happens than how these people carry old wounds. Funny, tender, and occasionally devastating, it rewards viewers who've followed the earlier chapters of these characters' lives.

Watch it for

the raw, lived-in performances that make this friend group feel like people you actually know.

Maybe skip if

you haven't watched the earlier installments, since it leans hard on established history and relationships.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2015
8.32K43h 45m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Spring7.6
42045 min
▶2Summer8.0
38752 min
▶3Autumn8.9
50352 min
▶4Winter8.7
42776 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lyra Mae Thomas Lisa
Vicky McClure Lol
Michael Socha Harvey
Joe Gilgun Woody
Chanel Cresswell Kelly
Jo Hartley Cynth, Cynthia Fields
Thomas Turgoose Shaun
Katherine Dow Blyton Chrissy
Andrew Ellis Gadget
Andrew Shim Milky

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