Blackball

At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.

Paul Kaye

(Cliff Starkey)

Johnny Vegas

James Cromwell

Bernard Cribbins

Alice Evans

Vince Vaughn

(Rick Schwartz)

Imelda Staunton

James Fleet

(Alan the Pipe)

Kenneth Cranham

(Chairman Collins)

Ian McNeice

(Hugh The Sideburns)

David Ryall

Terry Alderton

(Bouncer Jonno)

Meredith MacNeill

Emma Amos

(Local News Reporter)

Paul Bentall

Neil Conrich

(Reporter Dave)

Pamela Cundell

Josie D'Arby

Mark Dymond

Mark Little

Rosie Ede

Neil Finnighan

(MTV Awards Stunt Guy)

Christopher Godwin

(Bowls Official)

Howard Goorney

Ian Lindsay

Angus Loughran

Nigel Lindsay

(Targitex Chairman)

David Schneider

(Young Buck Reporter)

Geoffrey McGivern

Felicity Montagu

(Astronomy Professor)

Jeff Rawle

Vicki Pepperdine

(Henna Haired PA)

Stephen Noonan

(The Advert Director)

Ian O'Hara

(The Lion Mascot)

Beau Holmes

(The Kangaroo Mascot)

Julian Rivett

(Journalist #1)

Marlene Sidaway

(Fifty-Year Old Lady)

Tony Slattery

(Flash Referee)

Barry Woolgar

(Journalist #2)

Jess-Luisa Flynn

(Secretary (uncredited))

Mel Smith

(Bowls Commentator (voice))

Jon Snow

Matt Green