This is Birmingham, where the UK’s most brutal underworld gangs battle to gain control as drugs, violence and warfare run rife. Actor Kay S. Ubhi (Starstruck, Blue Moon) makes his directorial debut with this stark, gritty British crime drama, set for its UK debut this April.

Birmingham gets the Top Boy treatment with a raw thriller exploring the dangerous reality of gang warfare. Following its award-winning festival run, This is Birmingham arrives on Digital April 6, courtesy of Miracle Media.

For more than two decades, the Kaleo family, known for running extortion and racketeering operations has controlled major parts of Birmingham’s criminal underworld. When feared boss Al Kaleo (Navdeep Monga – Man Like Mobeen) is arrested, that stability collapses overnight.

With their leader behind bars, Al’s son Asher (Ubhi) is ambitious, reckless, untested, and sees his moment and steps up against his father’s wishes. Into the vacuum comes a rival London gang, led by drug lord Ruvelle (Jag Patel – Good Omens, Mandy), intent on taking the city’s trade for themselves.

Caught in the crossfire is TJ (Marlon Watkins), a teenage runaway pulled deeper into a world he doesn’t understand, facing a harrowing choice: escape or be consumed by it.

Blending hard-hitting action with raw emotional storytelling, This is Birmingham pulls no punches as it plunges viewers headlong into a world where loyalty is a liability and survival is never guaranteed.