After the Lol/Mick/Combo storyline of '86, I didn't think I could cope with any more of this, it was just too much.
I've just watched the opener for the new series and it's amazing.
I don't think there is a film maker alive who can capture the reality of Britain as truthfully as he does.
As a writer, for me, Meadows is up there with Alan Bleasedale, Harold Brighouse, Keith Waterhouse, Alan Sillitoe, Barry Hines, Bill Forsyth, Alan Bennett and Anthony Burgess.
Not comfortable, not easy, but a god damn, gold plated genius.

