Michelle Dockery takes the lead in This Town, the major new BBC drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. It tells the story of “an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grassroots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late 70s and early 80s.”

The BBC adds that This Town will open in 1981 at “a moment of huge social tensions and unrest”, and that “against this backdrop, it tells the story of a group of young people fighting to choose their own paths in life, and each in need of the second chance that music offers”.

This Town will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023

The Gallows Pole

The Gallows Pole, based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, tells the story of “an England divided” as it fictionalises the “remarkable true story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners”.

“Set against the backdrop of the coming industrial revolution in 18th century Yorkshire, the compelling drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history,” promises the synopsis.

Starring Sophie McShera, Cara Theobold, George MacKay and Peaky Blinders star Samuel Edward-Cook, this looks set to be a must-watch for 2023.

The Gallows Pole will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2023

Doctor Who

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