About this season
BT Sport Films is a series of documentaries offering insight into why sport matters to elite sportsmen and women and fans.
Episodes (5)
1. Two Tribes
Aired 30 March 2019 • 81 min
How the 1980s success of Liverpool's two biggest football clubs, Liverpool and Everton, contrasted with the post-industrial decline of the city itself under the Thatcher government.
2. State Of Play
Aired 29 May 2019 • 60 min
Based on the book of the same name by Michael Calvin, this follow-up to No Hunger in Paradise looks at a range of current issues in football, including mental health, homophobia and racism, the rise of women's football, head injuries and the financial state of smaller clubs.
3. The Gaffer
Aired 14 August 2019 • 60 min
Fly-on-the-wall documentary following five managers during the 2018–19 National League season, Harrogate Town’s Simon Weaver, Bromley's Neil Smith, John Still at Maidstone United, Eastleigh’s Ben Strevens, and Craig Hignett at Hartlepool United.
4. Team Of The Eighties
Aired 23 October 2019 • 60 min
Narrated by Bill Nighy. How Malcolm Allison and Terry Venables transformed the image and fortunes of Crystal Palace, leading to the prediction in 1979 that they would dominate English football in the new decade
5. Stop the Tour
Aired 28 December 2019 • 60 min
Sir Trevor McDonald narrates an account of the protest movement in the late 1960s led by Peter Hain which helped to bring about the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. Reflecting on the impact that sporting protest movements can have and the inseparability of politics and sports, the film also looks at the journey South African sport has taken from the days of apartheid to the 2019 Rugby World Cup victory.