Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight planning new show about the Birmingham ska ... trends now
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Forget the skin-fade, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is looking for something even more extreme as casting gets underway for his latest project.
Knight, arguably responsible for keeping hipster barbers in steady employment thanks to the haircut favoured by Cillian Murphy and his band of criminally minded brothers, is now looking for skinheads after issuing a casting call.
The writer and producer is currently developing new show This Town, an exploration of the popular ska scene that exploded in Birmingham during the late 1970s and early '80s.
All change: Forget the skin-fade, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is looking for something even more extreme as casting gets underway for his latest project
A synopsis for the show - which focuses on a group of disenfranchised teens as they immerse themselves in the sub-culture - reads: 'This Town 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 grass roots of in the late '70s and early '80s, uniting black, white and Asian
