Melvyn Bragg introduces the first of a series of repeats from last season's 2nd House. We kick off with 45 Minutes Each Way
A documentary entertainment on Football, a celebration of our national sport in music, verse and drama. Different aspects of the professional game in three dramatic episodes:
Illegal Approach by WILLIS HALL
' You never know your luck, he could end up as the sole owner of a fish and chip shop in W. Hartlepool by the time he's 35.'
Onion
A Football Association Disciplinary Hearing by ALAN PLATER
' He thought I was trying to block the free kick.... like standing less than ten yards away ... and he says: " Get out of the way you great fairy."
They Used to Play on Grass from the novel by GORDON M WILLIAMS and TERRY VENABLES
'You may run the team, but I employ you, I own this club.'
Also taking part: cartoonist BILL TIDY, poets ROGER MCGOUGH and TOM PICKARD , IAN CAMPBELL and his group, JACKIE CHARLTON , DANNY BLANCHFLOWER and other professional football players past and present.
Drama sequences directed by BEN REA Studio director TONY TYLEY Producer TONY CASH Editor BILL MORTON