Jossy's Giants (1986)

Directed by

Edward Pugh

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 15 episodes

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kids football team in northern England gets coached by their enthusiastic manager Jossy Blair. The show follows their games and adventures.

lightheartedenergeticwholesomeupbeatplayfulnostalgiccheerfulbouncy

What happens

Jossy's Giants is a children's footballing comedy drama that ran on BBC1 between 23 April 1986 and 8 April 1987. The show's plot centred on a boys' football team, the Glipton Grasshoppers, and their enthusiastic Geordie manager Joswell 'Jossy' Blair. The show was written by darts commentator and television personality Sid Waddell, himself a native of Newcastle upon Tyne. Ten episodes were made. The producer and director Edward Pugh later became an executive producer and ran the Children's Programmes Department at BBC Manchester. The theme music was written by Mike Amatt. Football scenes were shot at a since demolished Oldham Town FC site off Middleton Road, Chadderton, exterior scenes were shot in and around Stalybridge, and the studio material was shot at BBC Oxford Road. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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