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Blackball
2003, May 18
1h 36m
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.
Directed by
Mel Smith
Written by
Tim Firth
James Cromwell
Ray Speight
Paul Kaye
Cliff Starkey
Imelda Staunton
Bridget
Vince Vaughn
Rick Schwartz
Paul Bentall
Gate Guard
Alice Evans
Kerry
Jeff Rawle
Dennis
James Fleet
Alan the Pipe
Rosie Ede
The Cleaner
Ian McNeice
Hugh The Sideburns
Mel Smith
Bowls Commentator (voice)
Emma Amos
Local News Reporter
Mark Dymond
Kyle Doohan
Kenneth Cranham
Chairman Collins
Terry Alderton
Bouncer Jonno
Nigel Lindsay
Targitex Chairman
David Ryall
Giles Wilton
Johnny Vegas
Trevor
Julian Rivett
Journalist #1
Meredith MacNeill
Suzi
David Schneider
Young Buck Reporter
Neil Conrich
Reporter Dave
Jon Snow
Self
Geoffrey McGivern
Brian Cronk
Ian Lindsay
Dull Referee
Felicity Montagu
Astronomy Professor
Tony Slattery
Flash Referee
Mark Little
Mark Doohan
Bernard Cribbins
Mutley
Vicki Pepperdine
Henna Haired PA
Pamela Cundell
OAP
Christopher Godwin
Bowls Official
Howard Goorney
Reg Boyt
Josie D'Arby
Herself
Angus Loughran
Himself
Stephen Noonan
The Advert Director
Ian O'Hara
The Lion Mascot
Beau Holmes
The Kangaroo Mascot
Marlene Sidaway
Fifty-Year Old Lady
Barry Woolgar
Journalist #2
Jess-Luisa Flynn
Secretary (uncredited)
Matt Green
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