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Kicking Off

Kicking Off

  • 2016 film

After their football team is sent down to a lower league, two fans decide to kidnap the referee who disallowed a goal in their final game. Stars Warren Brown, Greg McHugh, Alistair Petrie and Danielle Lineker.

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Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2016
Stars
Warren Brown, Greg McHugh, Alistair Petrie and Danielle Lineker
Writer
Robert Farquhar
Director
Matt Wilde
Company

Despite a mare of a season, loyal fans Wigsy (Warren Brown) and Cliff (Greg McHugh) join the thousands of adoring supporters each Saturday in the terraces to sing and cheer their boys to victory.

But today is different. Today is important. Win: they stay up. Lose: they go down. In the dying moments of the match, unbelievable elation as their team score is immediately followed by unbelievable deflation as the Ref (Alistair Petrie) disallows the goal.

This, compounded by a moody goal at the other end, sends the losing supporters into a rioting frenzy. Disenfranchised by the impotency of the rioting hooligans to cause any real change, but determined to right this injustice, Wigsy and the more reluctant Cliff inadvertently form their own two-man firm....and kidnap the referee.

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Additional details

Tagline
The beautiful game just got ugly.
UK certificate
15
Duration
84 minutes
UK release
Thursday 21st April 2016
Distributors

Signature Entertainment

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 3rd August 2019 at 10:30pm on London Live
  • Friday 2nd August 2019 at 12:15am on London Live
  • Saturday 20th April 2019 at 12:00am on London Live

Recording details

  • London - Filmed on location in Spring 2014.

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