Blackball (2003)
Comedy
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.
Director: Mel Smith
Writer: Tim Firth
The Cast
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
Neil Conrich
Reporter Dave
Pamela Cundell
OAP
Josie D'Arby
Herself
Mark Dymond
Kyle Doohan
Mark Little
Mark Doohan
Rosie Ede
The Cleaner
Neil Finnighan
MTV Awards Stunt Guy
Christopher Godwin
Bowls Official
Howard Goorney
Reg Boyt
Ian Lindsay
Dull Referee
Angus Loughran
Himself
Nigel Lindsay
Targitex Chairman
David Schneider
Young Buck Reporter
Geoffrey McGivern
Brian Cronk
Felicity Montagu
Astronomy Professor
Jeff Rawle
Dennis
Vicki Pepperdine
Henna Haired PA
Stephen Noonan
The Advert Director
Ian O'Hara
The Lion Mascot
Beau Holmes
The Kangaroo Mascot
Julian Rivett
Journalist #1
Marlene Sidaway
Fifty-Year Old Lady
Tony Slattery
Flash Referee
Barry Woolgar
Journalist #2
Jess-Luisa Flynn
Secretary (uncredited)
Mel Smith
Bowls Commentator (voice)
Jon Snow
Himself
Matt Green
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