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Development [edit]. On 26 August 2009, Channel 4 promised that it would fund a four-part television drama, This Is England '86, to be written by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne.Meadows said:When I finished This Is England, I had a wealth of material and unused ideas that I felt very keen to take further â audiences seemed to really respond to the characters we created and out of my longstanding relationship with Film4 and Channel 4 the idea for a television serial developed.eadows said: When I finished This Is England, I had a wealth of material and unused ideas that I felt very keen to take further â audiences seemed to really respond to the characters we created and out of my longstanding relationship with Film4 and Channel 4 the idea for a television serial developed.