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The long awaited and much anticipated Season Two was sadly a disappointment. I was unable to watch past the second episode as it was boring and had lost everything that made season one such fun. What on earth happened? I even feel embarrassed that I told friends that I was looking forward to it and recommended they watch it. I had to apologise and just added that Season one was so much better. Such a shame.

Love Keeley Hawes & Freddie Highmore in everything they've done, such talented actors. In this they are also fabulous but the script & some of the cast let them down. It went from a fun farce to what felt like a dated daytime soap opera. Not great & certainly not interesting enough to make me want to watch more than the 1st episode & that was painful.

I grew up in the 80's but you wouldn't need to have done to appreciate this. It has sass & coolness throughout. 'This Town' was written about the people, the politics and the music of an era but still manages to transcend into modern culture with this gem of a series.

Thank god for Steven Knight, he builds the characters so well that you have empathy and attachment to each of them. I find this is missing in a lot of modern productions and it lets them down. This however, is brilliantly written, stunningly produced and a joy to watch. I am now left wanting more.

The music was chosen carefully with a fusion of genres which is what the era was all about.

A mix of Peaky Blinders and This Is England rolled into one.