Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Acting
Paul Kaye's feral commitment to being unlikable
Writing
Somehow makes lawn bowls feel like MMA drama
Costume
Cliff's escalating hair crimes against humanity
Director
Mel Smith
Paul Kaye
Cliff Starkey
Johnny Vegas
Trevor
James Cromwell
Ray Speight
Bernard Cribbins
Mutley
Alice Evans
Kerry
Vince Vaughn
Rick Schwartz
Imelda Staunton
Bridget
James Fleet
Alan the Pipe
Kenneth Cranham
Chairman Collins
Ian McNeice
Hugh The Sideburns
David Ryall
Giles Wilton
Terry Alderton
Bouncer Jonno
Meredith MacNeill
Suzi
Emma Amos
Local News Reporter
Paul Bentall
Gate Guard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lawn bowls is genuinely huge in Commonwealth countries; this film accidentally sparked real debate about 'bringing youth to the sport.'
Paul Kaye based Cliff's hair on every guy he knew in 1998 Brighton who sold 'slightly dodgy' car stereos.
GB
