"Take This Longing" by Leonard Cohen is featured in the first episode of the new BBC Drama - "This Town", a six-part British television series for BBC One. It is written and created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and directed by Paul Whittington.
Premise: An Extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late '70s and early '80s which united black, white and Asian youths
The first episode aired on BBC 1 0n 31st March.
All episodes available now on the BBC i-player.
Take This Longing by Leonard Cohen in new Drama
Take This Longing by Leonard Cohen in new Drama
2008: Dublin/London (O2)-Jul 17/London (O2)-Nov 13/London (RAH)/Brighton
2009: Liverpool/Madrid/Barcelona
2010: Sligo x2/Lille/Las Vegas x2
2012: Ghent/Amsterdam/London x2/Dublin Sep 11&12/Paris Sep 28
2013: London (O2) Jun 21/Brighton/Manchester/Cardiff/Birmingham/Amsterdam
2009: Liverpool/Madrid/Barcelona
2010: Sligo x2/Lille/Las Vegas x2
2012: Ghent/Amsterdam/London x2/Dublin Sep 11&12/Paris Sep 28
2013: London (O2) Jun 21/Brighton/Manchester/Cardiff/Birmingham/Amsterdam