Shane Meadows’ view of England – or at least the view of England the 50-year-old director portrays – couldn’t be further away from the quaint country that films such as Mary Poppins, Notting Hill and Paddington so often show.
Most have been based some way on Meadow’s own experiences, growing up in Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, then moving to Nottingham in his 20s where a bread roll is called a cob and people affectionately call you duck.
