Blackball
Comedy
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.
2003-05-18
en
Cast
Director
Mel Smith
Paul Kaye as Cliff Starkey
Johnny Vegas as Trevor
James Cromwell as Ray Speight
Bernard Cribbins as Mutley
Alice Evans as Kerry
Vince Vaughn as Rick Schwartz
Imelda Staunton as Bridget
James Fleet as Alan the Pipe
Kenneth Cranham as Chairman Collins
Ian McNeice as Hugh The Sideburns
David Ryall as Giles Wilton
Terry Alderton as Bouncer Jonno
Meredith MacNeill as Suzi
Emma Amos as Local News Reporter
Paul Bentall as Gate Guard
Neil Conrich as Reporter Dave
Pamela Cundell as OAP
Josie D'Arby as Herself
Mark Dymond as Kyle Doohan
Mark Little as Mark Doohan
Rosie Ede as The Cleaner
Neil Finnighan as MTV Awards Stunt Guy
Christopher Godwin as Bowls Official
Howard Goorney as Reg Boyt
Ian Lindsay as Dull Referee
Nigel Lindsay as Targitex Chairman
David Schneider as Young Buck Reporter
Geoffrey McGivern as Brian Cronk
Jeff Rawle as Dennis
Vicki Pepperdine as Henna Haired PA
Julian Rivett as Journalist #1
Marlene Sidaway as Fifty-Year Old Lady
Tony Slattery as Flash Referee
Mel Smith as Bowls Commentator (voice)
Jon Snow as Self