Blackball

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.

Cast

Paul Kaye

Johnny Vegas

James Cromwell

Bernard Cribbins

Alice Evans

Vince Vaughn

Imelda Staunton

James Fleet

Kenneth Cranham

Ian McNeice

David Ryall

Terry Alderton