Shane Meadows wants to do another series of ‘This Is England’.
The 47-year-old director – who previously helmed the 2006 drama film and the TV spin-offs – has revealed he’s eager to return to the series with a new instalment, set around the turn of the millennium.
Speaking to Andrew Shim – who played Milky in the series – during a YouTube vlog, Shane shared: "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."
Andy Ellis, who plays Gadget in the series, has already speculated what his character would be like in the year 2000.
He 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."
Channel 4 bosses nearly didn’t put ‘This is England 88’ out over the 2011 festive period after Shane and Jack Thorne co-wrote "the darkest Christmas special anyone has ever written".
Jack previously said: "I remember, when we were doing ‘This is England 86’ and Shane said, ‘I want to do a Christmas special next,’ and I was so expecting the Christmas special would be this slightly joyous experience where we spend time with the Woodfords and that kind of stuff, and we literally wrote the darkest Christmas special anyone has ever written.
"I remember Channel 4 going, ‘Well, I don’t know if we can put it on exactly over Christmas…’ I love that we can do that."
Shane Meadows reveals ambition to make a new This Is England
