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    Drama TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

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    1 9 8 8Β (UK)
    6 x 50 minute episodes

    When her father dies, Chrissie Buchan (Patricia Kerrigan) inherits the position of manager of Real Falkirk – his Subbuteo football team.

    While Chrissie is determined to follow in the footsteps of her father, Billy (“the Bill Shankly of table football”), new player-manager Sam Montgomery (Alec Heggie) is a dyed in the wool misogynist who will stop at nothing to stop Chrissie. Sam even hides Billy’s best player, Charlie Nicholas (identifiable by his earring), in an attempt to thwart Chrissie.

    She finds Charlie in time, beats an established squad member, and is thus able to claim her place in the team built up by her father to be the most feared in Britain.

    But there will be many obstacles on the path to the British Subbuteo Final – not least a team of existentialists from Chelsea captained by one Jean-Paul Witherspoon.

    This six-part miniseries was produced by BBC Scotland and directed by Jim Hill. Four of the six episodes were written by Julie Welch, formerly football correspondent withΒ The Observer. It aired on Fridays at 9.30 pm on BBC1.

    Chrissie Buchan
    Patricia Kerrigan
    Sam Montgomery
    Alec Heggie
    Dougie Kemp
    Jake D’Arcy
    Mo Maconachie
    Iain Andrew
    Bern McAvennie
    David Meldrum
    Toni Rossi
    Lawrie McNicol
    Perry Gilbert-Walker
    Sandy Welch
    Agnes Buchan
    Anne Kristen
    Teresa Kelly
    Juliet Cadzow
    Suzy Gilbert-Walker
    Grace Glover
    JuneΒ Maconachie
    Libby McArthur
    Elton Trelford
    Michael Garner
    Dennis
    Harry Jones
    Big Bob
    Sean Scanlan
    McIntosh
    Paul Young
    Willie
    Johnny Irving
    Gladys
    Nancy Mitchell
    Harry Milburn
    Harry Herring
    Roderick Ferris
    Billy Fellows
    Duncan Drysdale
    Stuart Bishop

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