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  2. Staying Up

Staying Up

2002
30m

Status

Released

Release

2002

Runtime

30m

Storyline

Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's quest for diversion masks an unspoken trauma in his past which he is forced to confront.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
30m
May 7, 2002
Languages
English
Director
Michael Wadding
Production
Fiction Lab
Fiction Lab
BBC
BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson

Billy Gowland

Elizabeth Carling

Elizabeth Carling

Carol Gowland

Christopher Fulford

Christopher Fulford

Sgt. Hawke

Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas

Frank O'Hanlon

David MacCreedy

David MacCreedy

Craig

Craig Heaney

Craig Heaney

Omar Watson

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