In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.
Charlotte Coleman
Charles Kay
Rosalind Ayres
Julian Firth
Edward Jewesbury
Nicholas Farrell
Danny Nussbaum
Roger Sloman
Heather Tobias
Kenan Hudaverdi
Faruk Pruti
Dado Jehan
Linda Bassett
Bobby Williams
Joseph Williams
Sharon D. Clarke
Siobhan Redmond
Gilbert Martin
Jessica Brandon
Melee Hutton
Jonny Phillips
Dev Sagoo
Steve Sweeney
Jay Simpson
Edin Džandžanović
Elizabeth Isiorho
Vera Jakob
Louise Breckon-Richards
Martin Alderdice
Nicholas McGaughey
Walentine Giorgiewa
Radoslav Youroukov
Niall Ivers
Raules Davies
Alan Cowan
Craig Stokes
Annette Badland
Peter Harding
Andrew Logan
Antony Carrick
Tony Peters
Thomas Goodridge