BT Sport Films
BT Sport Films: Season 7

Air Date

March 30, 2019

Episodes

5 episodes

BT Sport Films

Season 7

Episodes

1. Two Tribes

March 30, 2019
81 min

How the 1980s success of Liverpool's two biggest football clubs, Liverpool and Everton, contrasted with the post-industrial decline of the city itself under the Thatcher government.

2. State Of Play

May 29, 2019
60 min

Based on the book of the same name by Michael Calvin, this follow-up to No Hunger in Paradise looks at a range of current issues in football, including mental health, homophobia and racism, the rise of women's football, head injuries and the financial state of smaller clubs.

3. The Gaffer

August 14, 2019
60 min

Fly-on-the-wall documentary following five managers during the 2018–19 National League season, Harrogate Town’s Simon Weaver, Bromley's Neil Smith, John Still at Maidstone United, Eastleigh’s Ben Strevens, and Craig Hignett at Hartlepool United.

4. Team Of The Eighties

October 23, 2019
60 min

Narrated by Bill Nighy. How Malcolm Allison and Terry Venables transformed the image and fortunes of Crystal Palace, leading to the prediction in 1979 that they would dominate English football in the new decade

5. Stop the Tour

December 28, 2019
60 min

Sir Trevor McDonald narrates an account of the protest movement in the late 1960s led by Peter Hain which helped to bring about the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. Reflecting on the impact that sporting protest movements can have and the inseparability of politics and sports, the film also looks at the journey South African sport has taken from the days of apartheid to the 2019 Rugby World Cup victory.

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