Set two years later on from This is England '86, the two-hour drama will deal with the aftermath of the events in that four-part series.
"Just when I think my love affair with This is England is over, it pulls me back in," Meadows said.
Channel 4 has also confirmed that This is England '90, set in the rave era, is currently in development.
Picking up the action at Christmas 1988, the story will focus on the relationship between the Lol and Woody characters.
Meadows told the Stage newspaper that while Channel 4 "would have happily had me go straight to 1990, I felt I needed something in-between."
Channel 4's head of drama Camilla Campbell said: "We're beyond excited that Shane, Warp Films and the cast have agreed to return with this feature length drama.
"It is set to pull together a lot of story threads from '86, leaving the way clear for a new series of This is England '90."
This is England '86, which screened on Channel 4 last September, was named best TV drama at the South Bank Awards on Tuesday.
The original film, written and directed by Meadows in 2006, told of an impressionable young boy who becomes involved with a gang of skinheads.

Andrew Salina was found seriously injured at his home in Roystonhill at about 03:30 after emergency services were alerted to a disturbance.
He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
DCI Paul Livingstone said it appeared a weapon had been used in the "violent incident" and appealed for information about three men seen in the area.
Detectives from Police Scotland's major investigation team are treating the death as a murder. Officers were conducting door-to-door inquiries, with specialist forensic teams at the scene and additional patrols in the area.
Mr Livingstone said: "I am asking for the assistance of the local community to come forward with any information you may have. It is possible you witnessed or heard a disturbance in Roystonhill at the junction with Millburn Street at around 03:30 hours.
"We also understand that three men were seen entering the area in a small light coloured car and were seen leaving the area in the same vehicle following the alleged incident.
"I want to reassure the local community that we are doing everything we can to find out what took place and determine who is responsible for the death of Andrew Salina. Additional officers are patrolling Royston and I would ask anyone with any information or concerns to speak with them today."

The sculpture, in his hometown of Barnsley, has become a magnet for revellers who have hung condoms and pants from it.
Mr Bird, who has been spotted removing the items himself, said he did not mind his statue being treated in this way.
The sculpture has been raised to make it harder to reach the statue's finger.
The life-size artwork shows the legendary former umpire raising his index finger to indicate a batsman is out.
Other items to have been hung from it have included pumpkins and chip boxes.
Mr Bird said he did not mind people having fun hanging items from the statue but worried about people falling off the plinth.
He said: "I think it's respect they have for you that the only thing they have not done is damage it.
"I do not mind doing it at all. They can take as many photographs as they like but they're climbing on to it and they might fall off."
Sculptor Graham Ibbeson said the plinth beneath the statue would be raised to about 5ft high (1.5m).
He said: "We are not going to stop it. What we are going to do is make it a little more difficult.
"We are raising him up where he belongs.
"On Friday and Saturday night everybody who wobbles home from the town after a few sherberts seems to gravitate towards that finger, with knickers, brassieres, condoms, whatever.
"Dickie has been seen occasionally on Saturday morning cleaning the debris off himself, so it needed to be done.
"It's horrible when people are abusing it like that. It is a bit of fun... but it is a bit inappropriate."
Mr Ibbeson has also designed statues of comedians including Eric Morecambe, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, as well as famous sporting figures such as Fred Trueman and William Webb Ellis.
Work to raise the statue was carried out on Friday and an unveiling ceremony is due to take place on Sunday.
Writer Shane Meadows is to make a one-off Christmas special to follow on from the This is England film and TV series.
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A statue of former Test cricket umpire Dickie Bird has been elevated to stop people hanging rude items on his outstretched finger.