History Series / ThisIsEngland

** Trudy had a throwaway appearance as a shoe shopkeeper in a single scene of the film, the returns in the miniseries with a significantly expanded role, in which it's revealed that the shoe shop is just one of her many current *ahem* ...enterprises.
* BackForTheFinale: Meggy, Banjo, Trudy, Kes and Pob all make brief silent cameos in the final episode of '90.

* DaddysGirl: PlayedForDrama with Kelly, as her father [[spoiler: raped her sister and best friend]].
* ADayInTheLimelight: Gives Lol, Woody and Milky a lot more scrutiny.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler: During Combo and Milky's conversation about the night Combo beat Milky unconscious, Combo admits that he beat him up because he felt envious of Milky having a happier home life than him. Milky instead shames him for this because Combo still hospitalized him and traumatised Milky's kids by making them think he was going to die. After this, Combo promises to atone for his racist attack but is presumably assassinated before he gets the chance.]]

** Aside from being an AscendedExtra, film bully Harvey becomes part of the main gang in the miniseries, and is somehow friends with Shaun. Though his bullying ways are not completely gone as his argument with Gadget in '90 shows.

* LethallyStupid: Flip bringing his goons to take "revenge" on Shaun for "ruining" his potential relationship with Gemma, not realizing that Shaun is friends with former skinheads such as Woody, Milky, and Banjo. Flip fails to see that Woody's gang are not afraid of him and his goons (especially when Woody mocks Flip's gang and calls their motorbikes as hairdryers), yet Flip still threatens Woody's gang to hand over Shaun to them, which obviously doesn't end well. The only reason why Flip manages to get out safely is probably because the police force arrive on the scene soon after the fight breaks and the two gangs stop fighting before Milky reaches Flip and beat him up.
* NiceGirl / TheQuietOne: Trev is a shy, quiet member of the gang, which makes her [[spoiler: rape by Mick all the more horrific]].
* PluckyComicRelief / ThoseTwoGuys: Flip and Higgy in '90 serve as a comic relief duo, and are [[ShooOutTheClowns notably absent]] from the [[DramaBomb third episode]].

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Both Lol and Trev are raped by Mick]].
* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Harvey says this pretty much verbatim about Kelly whilst arguing with Gadget - [[BrutalHonesty and it's pretty much true]].

* TimeSkip: {{Inverted}} with '86, as it's set three years after the film but the gap of time between filming the two was significantly longer! However, '86 was followed by '88, which as the name suggests is set two years later, but filmed and aired one year later. This looks to be repeated with '90.

* LethallyStupid: Flip bringing his goons to take "revenge" on Shaun for "ruining" his potential relationship with Gemma, not realizing that Shaun is friends with former skinheads such as Woody, Milky, and Banjo. Flip even threatens Woody's gang to hand over Shaun to them, which obviously doesn't end well. The only reason why Flip manages to get out safely is probably because the police force arrive on the scene soon after the fight breaks and the two gangs stop fighting before Milky reaches Flip and beat him up.

* AbsenteeActor:
** Three characters from the film are mysteriously missing from the miniseries - Pukey, Kes and Pob (Milky's girlfriend). No explanation is given for their absence, although possibly {{justified}} considering the series takes place three years later and friends can come and go in that time.
** Pukey and Kes are effectively replaced by Harvey, who was a minor schoolyard bully in the film and not a member of the skinheads.

* PluckyComicRelief / ThoseTwoGuys: Flip and Higgy in '90 serve as a comic relief duo, and are notably absent from the [[DramaBomb third episode]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Woody and Milky, Gadget and Harvey, Meggy and Banjo.

** Aside from being an AscendedExtra, film bully Harvey becomes part of the main gang in the miniseries, and is somehow friends with Shaun. Though his bullying ways are not completely gone as his argument with Gadget in '90 show.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Flip and Higgy in '90 serve as a comic relief duo.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Kelly, especially in '90.

* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Harvey says this pretty much verbatim about Kelly whilst arguing with Gadget - [[spoiler: BrutalHonesty and it's pretty much true]].

** Harvey, who had a very brief appearance in the film as a bully at Shaun's school, is now a fully-fledged member of the gang.

%%* NewJobEpisode
%%* ParentWithNewParamour

%%* RapeAsDrama
%%* TakingTheHeat: [[spoiler:Combo.]]
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Flip and Higgy in '90.

%%* LargeHam: Flip to a tee.

Two {{timeskip}}ped miniseries were spun off from the film ''Film/ThisIsEngland'' for Creator/Channel4. ''This is England '86'' takes place three years later, with Shaun making amends and rejoining the skinheads, Lol's father returning and Combo's release. ''This is England '88'' features Shaun in college and Lol raising a child.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Meggy disappears in between the first two miniseries, and producer Mark Herbert tweeted that this is because he 'died taking a dump' off-screen in 1987. The canonicity of this is questionable, but as there is no mentioning of him whatsoever after the fact, fans have no choice but to take this as WordOfGod.
** Although one could say that his appearance at the wedding party at the end of '90 debunks this.

* AbsenteeActor: Three characters from the film are mysteriously missing from the miniseries - Pukey, Kes and Pob (Milky's girlfriend). No explanation is given for their absence, although possibly {{justified}} considering the series takes place three years later and friends can come and go in that time.

Two {{timeskip}}ped miniseries were spun off from the film ''Film/ThisIsEngland'' were produced for Creator/Channel4. ''This is England '86'' takes place three years later, with Shaun making amends and rejoining the skinheads, Lol's father returning and Combo's release. ''This is England '88'' features Shaun in college and Lol raising a child.