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The Beautiful Game!. Jim E Baxtarse (Tim Fordyce)
The Beautiful Game!

The Beautiful Game!

  • Online sitcom
  • 2016
  • 1 pilot

Pilot episode of a sitcom centred around a celebrity football coach.

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The Beautiful Game!. Jim E Baxtarse (Tim Fordyce)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Published
2016
Platform
Web
Episodes
1 Pilot
Company

Sitcom pilot about a disgraced celebrity football manager is forced to save his career by managing a faded football club to success.

Despite the world at his feet and the trappings of success, celebrity football coach, Jim E.Baxtarse of Meston City FC, wants more! When 'more' leads Jim into the arms of the chairman's wife, hell breaks loose!

Following the well publicised scandal, a disgraced Jim Baxtarse vows to save his career. However, others emerge equally determined to ensure he never again enjoys the bright lights of football. In the teeth of opposition, can Jim truly save his career and enjoy the bright lights of 'The Beautiful Game' again?

This 17 minute sitcom pilot was released on DVD in 2016.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 14th March 2016 on Web
Episode length
17 minutes

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