Football's coming home!
What's on TV|May 08, 2021
With England riding high in the World Cup, Fred sees an opportunity...
NICK CANNON, VICTORIA WILSON, CAREN CLARK
Football's coming home!

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Sunday, 8pm BBC1 Drama

Football fever hits Poplar as it’s the summer of 1966 and the England team reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Unsurprisingly, local newsagent and football fan Fred Buckle is in particularly high spirits.

‘Fred and Violet have had the shop done up with rosettes, footballs and flags,’ says Cliff Parisi, who plays Fred. ‘They’re very excited about the World Cup.’

This story is from the May 08, 2021 edition of What's on TV.

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