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At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.Read moreLess
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
The story
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Paul KayeCliff Starkey
Johnny VegasTrevor
James CromwellRay Speight
Bernard CribbinsMutley
Alice EvansKerry
Vince VaughnRick Schwartz
Imelda StauntonBridget
James FleetAlan the Pipe
Kenneth CranhamChairman Collins
Ian McNeiceHugh The Sideburns
David RyallGiles Wilton
Terry AldertonBouncer JonnoExplore the crew
- Director
- Mel Smith
- Writer
- Tim Firth
- Producer
- James Gay-Rees
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen Warbeck
- Director of Photography
- Vernon Layton
- Editor
- Chris Blunden