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All six episodes from the first series of the 1980s football-based TV drama starring Cherie Lunghi as the embattled first female manager of struggling Blackburn Rovers. Handed the chance of taking over the management of the club from her corrupt predecessor, straight-talking businesswoman Gabriella Benson (Lunghi) soon sets about convincing both her team, and the male-dominated board, that she's got what it takes.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Martin Tyler
Format:DVD
Wow - I can't believe that this has finally been released on DVD. I remember eagerly watching this when it was first broadcast on Sunday nights on Channel Four in 1989 and loving every minute. I never understood why there were only two series when it seemed that there were still so many stories left to tell.
Having re-watched the series 20 years on it certainly stands the test of time, although some of the football fashion is best looked at in context of the Gary Lineker England years.
This was the drama that established Cherie Lunghi's career and also features great performances from Warren Clarke, Tom Georgeson and Mark McGann. There also some great cameos from emerging actors including Stephen Tompkinson and Ross Kemp.
Having re-watched the series 20 years on it certainly stands the test of time, although some of the football fashion is best looked at in context of the Gary Lineker England years.
This was the drama that established Cherie Lunghi's career and also features great performances from Warren Clarke, Tom Georgeson and Mark McGann. There also some great cameos from emerging actors including Stephen Tompkinson and Ross Kemp.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By bantam79
Format:DVD
Last season League Two relegation-bound Grimsby Town sacked yet another manager. One of the names linked to the position was the England coach. Now you may think after England's woeful World Cup performance, that Fabio Capello had realised his true level was Blundell Park and had duly applied for the position. Well you would be wrong. The possibility of the Mariners appointing the England Women's coach Hope Powell was very real, but twenty years ago, Stan Hey created an innovative television drama that made that possibility a fiction reality.
When the chairman (Warren Clarke) struggling 2nd division (old money) side on and off the pitch, decided to appoint Gabriella Benson (Cherie Lunghi) as manager of the team, the whole world was aghast. Prime opponents to the appointment were the assistant manager of the team (Tom Georgeson) and captain (Mark McGann), but they were both won round as results improved on the field. Gabriella brought forward thinking ideas to the club in terms of training, and also combatted racism on the terraces.
Lunghi gives a convincing performance as the new boss, supported by a first rate cast which includes a young Stephen Tompkinson. The football scenes are occasionally a bit iffy, but I look forward to the release of the second series.
When the chairman (Warren Clarke) struggling 2nd division (old money) side on and off the pitch, decided to appoint Gabriella Benson (Cherie Lunghi) as manager of the team, the whole world was aghast. Prime opponents to the appointment were the assistant manager of the team (Tom Georgeson) and captain (Mark McGann), but they were both won round as results improved on the field. Gabriella brought forward thinking ideas to the club in terms of training, and also combatted racism on the terraces.
Lunghi gives a convincing performance as the new boss, supported by a first rate cast which includes a young Stephen Tompkinson. The football scenes are occasionally a bit iffy, but I look forward to the release of the second series.
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