Gerard Kearns

Jonas Armstrong

Morven Christie

Steve Edge

Max Fletcher

Neil Bell

Antony Byrne

Avin Shah

Mohammad Sakhi

Mark Holgate

Jessica Baglow

Lauren O'Rourke

Matthew Hawksley

Krissi Bohn

Sean Croke

Benjamin Oyenuga

Lawton Dickens

Frankie Friend

Robert Ashcroft

David Loy

Akib Ahmed

Nick Rowland

Josh Dynevor

Colin Barr

Susan Horth

Matt Greenhalgh

Grant Best

Tim Smith

Connor Williams

George Wroe

Eileen Wood

Carl Morris

Anita Sanderson

Guy Smith

Steed Barrett

Scott Roberts

Steve Gartside

Sam Horsefield

Sam Gibson

Andrea Coathupe

Nancy Green

Clare Jones

Mike Higson

Dean Short

Alex Howells

Matis Rei

Laura Praciak

Tim Drewett

Shaheen Baig

Kate Larking

Damien Creagh

Si Bell

Benjamin John Power

Andonis Trattos

Drama

Floodlights

Expectation Entertainment

United Kingdom

English

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This is quite an harrowing story about how a real-life football coach - portrayed well here by Jonas Armstrong - managed to dupe just about everyone for years that he was a reputable and upstanding individual whilst at the same time, was routinely abusing the trust of those around him to prey on the younger boys who thought he offered them a path to escape the drudgery of their day-to-day lives. On the face of it, it is quite astonishing that he got away with it for so long; but this man was clever. Bennell played upon the aspirations of parents and children alike. Not just their desires for fame and success, but for more ordinary things like inclusion, affection, being part of a team. This story focusses on the young Andy Woodward, whom Bennell cleverly manoeuvred into his bed with promises that a successful career could stop his mum from having to work in the local chip shop. There is nothing graphic here - and that makes the efforts more potent. His manipulation was psychological and he even comes out with the immortal line "you didn't say no!" which though possibly true, is anything but the point. No amount of rules and regulation can ever prevent clever people like this from prevailing simply because it is the honest trust and integrity that exists in most of us that allows people that perpetrate this predatory behaviour to thrive. If we can't see any flaws, then we don't know to look for them - and these young lads were the unwilling victims not of indifference, but of cleverness and shame! The drama is measured, the dialogue poignant and the performances convincing - especially towards the end. This is well worth a watch.

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