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Floodlights

2022-05-17 Drama 1hr 20m

The powerful and inspiring story of Andy Woodward, one of the first footballers to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse in the national game. After being abused by football scout paedophile Barry Bennell.

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The powerful and inspiring story of Andy Woodward, one of the first footballers to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse in the national game. After being abused by football scout paedophile Barry Bennell.

  • Released
    2022-05-17
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 20m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.1
  • Production
    Expectation Entertainment, BBC

Crew

Nick Rowland
Director
Matt Greenhalgh
Writer
Josh Dynevor
Producer
Keywords:
child abuse sexual abuse football (soccer) whistleblower

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Cast

Gerard Kearns

Gerard Kearns
Andrew Woodward
Jonas Armstrong

Jonas Armstrong
Barry Bennell
Morven Christie

Morven Christie
Jean Woodward
Steve Edge

Steve Edge
Terry Woodward
Max Fletcher

Max Fletcher
Andrew Woodward (Young)
Neil Bell

Neil Bell
DS Haleford
Antony Byrne

Antony Byrne
Neil Warnock
Avin Shah

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Ash Stephenson
Mohammad Sakhi

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Ash Stephenson (Young)
Mark Holgate

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Jessica Baglow

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Matthew Hawksley

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Benjamin Oyenuga

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Club Official
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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-05-29

This is quite an harrowing story about how a real-life football coach - portrayed well here by Jonas Armstrong - managed to dupe just about ... read more

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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A Review by CinemaSerf

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 ro...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-05-29

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 in...

read more