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29 September 2005 (UK)
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Separation
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Manager
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Job Transfer
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Soccer
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A good, funny spin-off show of a very funny film
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 18 of 23) | Ricky Tomlinson | ... | Mike Bassett (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Amanda Redman | ... | Karine Bassett (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Steve Edge | ... | Doddsy / ... (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Neil Maskell | ... | Wirral Web Presenter (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Adam Tedder | ... | Laszlo Vig (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | ... | Carlton Dawes (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Neg Dupree | ... | Footballer (6 episodes, 2005) |
| Michael Fenton Stevens | ... | Richard Johnson (5 episodes, 2005) |
 | David Gyasi | ... | Jeremy Hands (5 episodes, 2005) |
 | Gareth Mason | ... | Gavin James (5 episodes, 2005) |
| Tim Barlow | ... | Sir Denzil / ... (4 episodes, 2005) |
 | Stephen Aintree | ... | Local Press (4 episodes, 2005) |
| Renton Skinner | ... | Tonka (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Steven Elliott | ... | National Press 1 (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Nicholas Tizzard | ... | National Press 2 (3 episodes, 2005) |
| Dave Hart | ... | Fan / ... (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Bridget Fry | ... | Nurse (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Lucy Meacock | ... | News Presenter (2 episodes, 2005) |
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25 min (6 episodes)
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Was actually filmed in 2003, but shelved for two years owing to a royalties dispute with the producers of Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001).
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Local Press:
So, van Needlemans, are you happy joining Wirral?
Van Needlemans: [Van Needlemans speaks Dutch to the press. Doddsy is behind him frantically flicking through a Dutch phrasebook while Mike looks suspiciously at van Needlemans]
Mike Bassett: [jumping to conclusions] He's delighted!
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Van Needlemans: [Van Needlemans speaks Dutch to the press. Doddsy is behind him frantically flicking through a Dutch phrasebook while Mike looks suspiciously at van Needlemans]
Mike Bassett: [jumping to conclusions] He's delighted!
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Follows Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
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STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits
Colourful football manager Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson) returns to manage Wirral County FC, a struggling football club in need of wins. The series follows the trials and tribulations of his run as manager and the various scrapes he gets into.
This series leaves me in a bit of an unusual predicament. Usually, it's the case that a great comedy series spawns a movie adaptation that turns out to be a very bad idea (usually because the length of the film can't handle the 30 minute segment of a show and stretches the joke out a bit too far.) But here it is the opposite case and we have a TV series adaptation of a film that was obviously popular enough to spawn it. And, the great news is, it ain't half bad.
Like the film, the series simply has moments that genuinely work and are really quite funny, not the moments of 'laugh-out loud hilarity' the film had, but still quite amusing. This is owed in no small part of course to the cast, mainly Tomlinson, whose standard loud-mouthed, barking, over-reacting scouser act is worked to pleasingly funny effect. The supporting cast (like Tonka!) also have their moments, but he is the driving force of the show.
The show is not big or memorable enough to be an absolute comedy classic, but when it has it's moments, like the film it was adapted from, it works. ***