Playing Away

Playing Away

Playing Away was a 1987 TV comedy about two cricket teams. The English team, ficticiuosly named "Sneddington" (based in Lavenham, Suffolk) invited a team of West Indian heritage based in Brixton (South London) to play a charity game in support of their “Third World Week.”

Starring in the program were:

*Norman Beaton
*Nicholas Farrell
*Brian Bovell
*Ross Kemp

Director: Horace Ové

External links

*imdb title|id=0091765|title=Playing Away
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DA153EF930A25750C0A961948260&sec=&spon= New York Times Film Review]


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