This Is England creator Shane Meadows says he wants to do another series, set around the millennium

‘I’d love to do a millennium one’

Shane Meadows has said that he wants to return to his acclaimed This Is England series with a new instalment, set around the turn of the millennium.

During a YouTube vlog in discussion with Andrew Shim, who played Milky in the film and Channel 4 series, Meadows said: “I don’t know when but I’ve got This Is England ’00 in my head, the millennium one, because I sort of thought it would be nice, because when did we shoot the last one? Was it 2015, 2016?

“So, you’re obviously five years away and I don’t massively want to copy the film ideas, but if I went back I’d love to do a millennium one.”

This Is England started out as a film in 2006, before being adapted into a sequel TV series in 2010 called This is England ‘86. Meadows has returned to the drama twice since, with series set in 1988 and 1990.

Some of This Is England’s stars have spoken about the prospect of another series. Andy Ellis, who plays Gadget, told UniLad: “Gadget at 30 probably still hasn’t grown up, I can imagine he’s well into conspiracy theories like the millennium bug and the predictions of the world ending.

“I imagine he got well into Britpop and probably dresses like the third Gallagher brother by 2000.”

Thomas Turgoose, who plays Shaun, said: “Shaun at the end of ’90 was lovely. He met a nice new girl – Julia – and I’d like to see where that relationship went. Finally some happiness without the stupid childish mistakes we make when we’re young.”