Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days
Written byJulie Welch
Directed byPhilip Saville
StarringZoë Nathenson
Sara Sugarman
Cathy Murphy
Music byTrevor Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDavid Puttnam
CinematographyPhil Meheux
EditorMax Lemon
Running time90 minutes
Budget£581,000[1]
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release17 November 1983 (1983-11-17)
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Those Glory Glory Days is a 1983 British made-for-television film about football directed by Philip Saville and starring Zoë Nathenson, Sara Sugarman and Cathy Murphy. The screenplay was written by the sports journalist Julie Welch. The film is inspired by Welch's childhood love of football, and helped to establish her as a screenwriter.[2] The film was part of David Puttnam's 'First Love' series broadcast on Channel 4.[3][4] It was released on 17 November 1983.

  1. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 30.
  2. ^ Pollard, Lucy (2 May 1999). "The secret of my success: Julie Welch". The Independent on Sunday. London: Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. ^ Cloake, Martin (31 January 2014). "Remembering "Those Glory Glory Days" – a film that understood what football can mean to people". New Statesman.
  4. ^ Fennell, Chris (1 June 2016). "10 great football films". British Film Institute.