| England Expects | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Frank Deasy |
| Directed by | Tony Smith |
| Starring | Steven Mackintosh Keith Barron Susan Vidler Sadie Thompson Camille Coduri Karl Johnson Preeya Kalidas Nitin Ganatra Sadiqul Islam |
| Theme music composer | Nitin Sawhney |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ruth Caleb, Nick Ryan |
| Cinematography | Tim Palmer |
| Editor | Jerry Leon |
| Running time | 120 min (2 parts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 5 April 2004 |
England Expects is a British television film produced by BBC Scotland in 2004.[1] It stars Steven Mackintosh and was written by Frank Deasy. Nick Ryan, a journalist and the author of an exposé into far-right groups, worldwide (Homeland: Into a World of Hate[2]), was the show's creative producer.[3]
Synopsis
Former football hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh) is a normal everyday family man, living and working as a security guard at a financial trading company in Canary Wharf. He is fiercely protective of his teenage daughter Nikki (Sadie Thompson), who currently lives with her mother, Ray's ex-wife Sadie (Camille Coduri), in a flat at a run-down estate, and he does his best to keep her out of trouble.
After a failed attempt to help Nikki and Sadie move into a new housing development, which is being competed for between Whites and Asians, and discovering that Nikki is involved in heroin addiction with her Asian neighbour and only friend Rashel (Sadiqul Islam), Ray's anger drives him to join the far-right political ring led by his old friend Larry Knowles (Keith Barron).
Production notes
The film's main objective is to explore the far-right and issues of racism.
References
- ↑ BBC – Press Office – England Expects
- ↑ Collin, Matthew (10 May 2003). "With the boot boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382668/ England Expects on IMDB