The director speaks for the first time about the horrific event from his childhood that inspired his new TV drama The VirtuesI’ve interviewed director Shane Meadows a few times now, and it’s always been fun.
He’s an entertaining person to spend an hour with: enthusiastic, emotional, funny, a natural talker.
Plus there’s lots to talk about, as his work is great.
From his first features, Small Time (1996) and A Room For Romeo Brass (1999), through Dead Man’s Shoes, into 2006’s This Is England and the three TV spin-off series that came out of that, as well as his Stone Roses comeback documentary, Made of Stone, Meadows makes brilliant British films and telly.
He calls himself “kitchen sink”, but he’s a rare combination of artist, storyteller and near-documentarian who often uses his life growing up in Uttoxeter in Staffordshire as inspiration.
His methods – lengthy casting process,
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