England Expects

England Expects is a British television film produced by BBC Scotland in 2004.[1] It stars Steven Mackintosh and was written by Frank Deasy. Nick Ryan, a journalist and the author of an exposé into far-right groups, worldwide (Homeland: Into a World of Hate[2]), was the show's creative producer.[3]

This article is about the television movie made by the BBC. For the signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, see England expects that every man will do his duty.

England Expects
GenreDrama
Written byFrank Deasy
Directed byTony Smith
StarringSteven Mackintosh
Keith Barron
Susan Vidler
Sadie Thompson
Camille Coduri
Karl Johnson
Preeya Kalidas
Nitin Ganatra
Sadiqul Islam
Theme music composerNitin Sawhney
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersRuth Caleb, Nick Ryan
CinematographyTim Palmer
EditorJerry Leon
Running time120 min (2 parts)
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)

Synopsis

Former football hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh) is a normal everyday family man, living and working as a security guard at a financial trading company in Canary Wharf. He is fiercely protective of his teenage daughter Nikki (Sadie Thompson), who currently lives with her mother and Ray’s ex-wife Sadie (Camille Coduri) in a flat at a run-down estate, and he does his best to keep her out of trouble.

After a failed attempt on helping Nikki and Sadie get moved into a new housing development, which is being competed between Whites and Asians, and soon discovering that Nikki is involved in heroin addiction with her Asian neighbour and only friend Rashel (Sadiqul Islam), Ray’s anger drives him to join the far-right political ring led by his old friend Larry Knowles (Keith Barron).

Production notes

The film's main objective is to explore the far-right and issues of racism.

References
  1. BBC - Press Office - England Expects
  2. Collin, Matthew (10 May 2003). "With the boot boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382668/ England Expects on IMDB
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