The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

Cast

Dennis Waterman

as Bob Jones

Ken Hutchison

as Jimmy Dickenson

Tim Healy

as 'Dirty' Charlie Hoggy

Rod Culbertson

as Rob Gill

David Bradley

as Ticer Thomas

Struan Rodger

as Jack Greenwell

Christian Rodska

as Creshie Crawford

Jeremy Bulloch

as Ben Tillet Whittingham

Richard Griffiths

as Sidney Barron

Lloyd McGuire

as Tom Gill

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