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A curtain raiser for the 1995-6 football season and a state of the Premiership comedy drama about the corrupt world of football. Sir Bob is a football club chairman and megalomaniac. As the season draws to a climax his club are staring into the abyss of relegation. Can new manager Ted save City from the drop?
21 Cast Members
James Bolam
Ted Whitehead
Tim Matthews
Dean West
John Brobbey
Leo Walcott
Paul Clarkson
David Biggs
James Bannon
Gary Roebuck
Timothy West
Sir Bob Luckton
Ged Simmons
Tommy Smith
Brian Pettifer
Cliff Tutley
Kevin McNally
Jake Leach
Sam Kelly
Ron Griffiths
Anastasia Hille
Sylvia Tench
Lee Cornes
Journalist
Susie Blake
Glenda Whitehead
Morgan Jones
Deef
Paul Bigley
Spode
Debra Gillett
Jenny
Jake Wood
Mick
Paul McNeilly
Les
Rob Brydon
Radio Commentator
Peter Howitt
Steve Denton
