Playing Away (1987)
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
- Date of release
- 1987-01-02
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Horace Ové
Casting
- Norman Beaton — Willie Boy
- Robert Urquhart — Godfrey
- Helen Lindsay — Marjorie
- Nicholas Farrell — Derek
- Brian Bovell — Stuart
- Gary Beadle — Errol
- Suzette Llewellyn — Yvette
- Trevor Thomas — Jeff
- Stefan Kalipha — Louis
- Bruce Purchase — Fredrick
- Joseph Marcell — Robbo
- Sheila Ruskin — Viv
Interesting facts
Playing Away is a 1986 TV comedy film directed by Horace Ové, from a screenplay by Caryl Phillips.
Production
The cricket match scenes were filmed at Botany Bay Cricket Club in Enfield, London.
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