BT Sport Films

2019

BT Sport Films is a series of documentaries offering insight into why sport matters to elite sportsmen and women and fans.

Where to Watch 2019

5 Episodes

  • Two Tribes
    E1
    Two TribesHow the 1980s success of Liverpool's two biggest football clubs, Liverpool and Everton, contrasted with the post-industrial decline of the city itself under the Thatcher government.
  • State Of Play
    E2
    State Of PlayBased on the book of the same name by Michael Calvin, this follow-up to No Hunger in Paradise looks at a range of current issues in football, including mental health, homophobia and racism, the rise of women's football, head injuries and the financial state of smaller clubs.
  • The Gaffer
    E3
    The GafferFly-on-the-wall documentary following five managers during the 2018–19 National League season, Harrogate Town’s Simon Weaver, Bromley's Neil Smith, John Still at Maidstone United, Eastleigh’s Ben Strevens, and Craig Hignett at Hartlepool United.
  • Team Of The Eighties
    E4
    Team Of The EightiesNarrated by Bill Nighy. How Malcolm Allison and Terry Venables transformed the image and fortunes of Crystal Palace, leading to the prediction in 1979 that they would dominate English football in the new decade
  • Stop the Tour
    E5
    Stop the TourSir Trevor McDonald narrates an account of the protest movement in the late 1960s led by Peter Hain which helped to bring about the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. Reflecting on the impact that sporting protest movements can have and the inseparability of politics and sports, the film also looks at the journey South African sport has taken from the days of apartheid to the 2019 Rugby World Cup victory.

 

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