This Is England

2006 film directed by Shane Meadows
Movie film Q748205
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Summary

This Is England is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,983 views/month, #732 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: BAFTA Award for Best British Film[3]
  • Director: Shane Meadows[4]
  • Screenwriter: Shane Meadows[5]
  • Composer: Ludovico Einaudi[6]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[7], drama film[8], crime film[9]
  • Cast member: Thomas Turgoose[10], Stephen Graham[11], Jo Hartley[12], Vicky McClure[13], Andrew Shim[14], Joe Gilgun[15], Rosamund Hanson[16], Perry Benson[17], Jack O'Connell[18], Chanel Cresswell[19], Frank Harper[20], Michael Socha[21]
  • Producer: Mark Herbert[22]
  • Production company: Warp Films[23], Film4 Productions[24]
  • Director of photography: Danny Cohen[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Soundtrack release: This Is England – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 93%[29], 7.7/10[30], 86/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[33]
  • Publication date: September 12, 2006[34], July 25, 2007[35], August 17, 2007[36], April 27, 2007[37]
  • Distributed by: StudioCanal UK[38]
  • Narrative location: Midlands[39]
  • Main subject: skinhead[40], masculinity[41], coming of age[42], self-discovery[43]
  • Participant in: 20th European Film Awards[44]
  • Executive producer: Paul Trijbits[45], Tessa Ross[46]
  • Title: This Is England[47]
  • Different from: This England[48]
  • Duration: 100[49]
  • Capital cost: 1,500,000[50]

Why It Matters

This Is England has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

FAQs

What awards did This Is England receive?

Honors received include BAFTA Award for Best British Film[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 480025
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 55092
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1983
    Publication date → +2006-09-12T00:00:00Z, +2007-07-25T00:00:00Z, +2007-08-17T00:00:00Z +1
    Screenwriter → Shane Meadows
    Duration → {'amount': '+100'}
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