The Manageress

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The Manageress
Starring Cherie Lunghi
Warren Clarke
Theme music composer Michael Kamen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Producers Glenn Wilhide
Sophie Belhetchet
Running time60mins
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release11 June 1989 (1989-06-11) 
27 May 1990 (1990-05-27)

The Manageress is a television series about a woman who becomes manager of a professional football team. [1] It ran from 1989 to 1990 and had two seasons. [2] The series starred Cherie Lunghi as Gabriella Benson and Warren Clarke as the chairman of the second division club. It was independently produced for Channel 4 by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at their production company, ZED Ltd. It was written by Stan Hey and Neville Smith and directed by Christopher King. The series aired for two series of six episodes on Channel 4 in 1989 and 1990.

Contents

The first-season episodes were published by Penguin Books in novel form in 1989. The author was named as Stan Hey.

The series was dubbed into French for French television and the title was translated as Miss Manager et ses footballeurs. German title was Unser Boss ist eine Frau.

Cast

Episodes

Season One

  1. A Man's Game
  2. Fit
  3. The Management Reserves the Right
  4. Collapsible Brollies
  5. One of Us
  6. Home and Away

Season Two

  1. Doing the Business
  2. Pingvin Lakrids
  3. Steal Your Heart Away
  4. A Hundred and Ten Percent
  5. A Match for Anyone
  6. At the End of the Day

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References

  1. "Forgotten trailblazing football TV show filmed at Reading FC". 26 February 2022.
  2. "Football on the small screen, part 2: The Manageress". 24 October 2018.
  3. Google Books: From_the_Back_Page_to_the_Front_Room. eBook Partnership. 27 November 2014. ISBN   9781783015580 . Retrieved 4 September 2022.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)