Quadrophenia

From the creator of Masterchef, here is something Franc Roddam made earlier.

A film about being young in the 1960s, being part of the Mod subculture and alienation and angst with some good tunes. There are a lot of future cast members of Eastenders and The Bill.

Phil Daniels gives a career defining performance that should had got an Oscar nomination as Jimmy who has a mundane job, boring home life with parents who do not understand him. Jimmy lives for the weekend clubbing with friends, popping pills and getting into scrapes with his mates.

Jimmy and his friends go off to a bank holiday weekend in Brighton, he wants to get close with girlfriend Steph (Lesley Ash.) He is in awe of cool dude Ace Face (Sting) and gets in a rumble with Greasers.

However Jimmy gets more disillusioned losing his job, friends and family. Seeing Ace face as just an ordinary bell boy sends him to the edge.

The film quickly became a cult classic, This Who produced film led to the revival of the late 1970s & early 1980s mod scene.

It has some cool tracks, a lot of humour, earthy language and a cast of now familiar actors. In a sense it's like a British version of Saturday Night Fever.

Director Franc Roddam gives this drama a sense of rawness and some vitality when you see the action scenes in Brighton.