Watch The Trailer For Shane Meadows' THIS IS ENGLAND 88

Though there is a significant part of me that would like to see Shane Meadows branching out into new stories once again - particularly his announced horror picture Beware The Devil - it is hard to offer up any complaints at all about his ongoing This Is England saga.

The original feature film version of This Is England, based partially upon Meadows' own childhood, was released in 2006 and stands arguably as his finest work. It struck such a chord, in fact, that Meadows brought all the characters back for a Channel 4 miniseries that picked up the story a few years later in This Is England 86. And this Christmas he's doing it again with This Is England 88.

They say Christmas is a time for forgiving and for forgetting, a time of love and laughter and joy ever after... With echoes of A Christmas Carol, Meadows is set to take viewers to places they never thought they'd go to.

Haunted by the devastating events that took place 18 months ago, Lol and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with the emotional fallout.

And they're not the only ones lacking in festive spirit, as Shaun learns the hard way, just how much love hurts.

This is Christmas, This Is England style.

Designed partially as a means to wrap up story threads from the 86 installment while also serving as a stepping stone to a planned This Is England 90 - in which everyone involved will step into the rave era - This Is England 88 will air in three one hour installments over three consecutive nights starting on December 13th. You can watch the first teaser below.