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

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