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      Floodlights

      2022 1h 20m Drama Biography Sports & Fitness List
      Reviews Floodlights tells the impactful and important story of Andy Woodward, the former professional footballer whose brave revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry and across the globe. The factual drama depicts Andy's life, from a boy with a passion for the game to a successful professional footballer who seemingly has the world at his feet, until, no longer able to ignore the haunting memories of the abuse he was subject to by his youth coach, his career is cut short. It examines the power and control held by Bennell, grooming young players and their families with the promise of making their dreams come true. Read More Read Less

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      Dan Einav Financial Times Both unmissable and so upsetting as to be, at times, almost unwatchable. Rated: 4/5 Jun 10, 2022 Full Review Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) This drama was, it’s true, difficult, harrowing, heartbreaking, grotesque and upsetting but it was also an exceptional piece of television, and an important one, particularly for anyone who was abused as a child and still imagines it was their fault. Rated: 5/5 May 23, 2022 Full Review Sean O'Grady Independent (UK) Jonas Armstrong is simply brilliant in the role, oozing arrogance and vanity, and replicating how a predatory and insatiable paedophile was able to operate “in plain sight”. He’s an evil, grinning apparition in a tracksuit, with a tan and a poodle perm. Rated: 4/5 May 19, 2022 Full Review James Walton The Spectator Any dramatisation of the life of Andy Woodward was likely to pack something of an emotional punch. BBC2’s extraordinary Floodlights, though, pinned us to the sofa from first minute to last. May 19, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Floodlights tells the impactful and important story of Andy Woodward, the former professional footballer whose brave revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry and across the globe. The factual drama depicts Andy's life, from a boy with a passion for the game to a successful professional footballer who seemingly has the world at his feet, until, no longer able to ignore the haunting memories of the abuse he was subject to by his youth coach, his career is cut short. It examines the power and control held by Bennell, grooming young players and their families with the promise of making their dreams come true.
      Director
      Nick Rowland
      Producer
      Colin Barr, Susan Horth, Matt Greenhalgh, Grant Best
      Screenwriter
      Matt Greenhalgh, Matt Greenhalgh
      Production Co
      Expectation
      Genre
      Drama, Biography, Sports & Fitness
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Runtime
      1h 20m