Shane Meadows announces new project starring This Is England actor Stephen Graham

The four-part drama will star Stephen Graham and Helen Behan

The next project from director Shane Meadows will see him reunite with cast and crew of This Is England.

Titled The Virtues, the Channel 4 drama series will star Stephen Graham as Joseph, a man who returns home to Ireland to confront a troubled past after being brought up in the care system.

Helen Behan will play Joseph's sister Anna with Frank Laverty (Michael Collins) appearing as her husband.

The four-part series, which is said to draw on previous work including 2004 film Dead Man's Shoes, has been written by Jack Thorne whose impressive list of credits include The Fades, The Last Panther and stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

This Is England began life as a 2007 film and was followed by three TV sequels set in 1986, 1988 and 1990. Co-starring Thomas Turgoose, Vicky McClure and Preacher star Joseph Gilgun, the beloved series drew to a close in 2015.

The Virtues will premiere on Channel 4 in 2019.