Just a Boys' Game

"Just a Boys' Game" is an episode of Play for Today written by Peter McDougall and directed by John Mackenzie.[1][2][3][4] "Just a Boys' Game" aired on 8 November 1979.[5]

"Just a Boys' Game"
Play for Today episode
Episode no.Series 10
Episode 1
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
Written byPeter McDougall
Produced byRichard Eyre
Featured musicFrankie Miller
Cinematography byElmer Cossey
Editing byGraham Walker
Original air date8 November 1979 (1979-11-08)
Running time71 minutes

It features Frankie Miller, Gregor Fisher, Ken Hutchison, Hector Nicol, Jean Taylor Smith, Katherine Stark, Barry Malone, Michael Malone and band The Cuban Heels.[1]

The plot revolves around the life of Jake McQuillan, who lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be Greenock's hardest man.[6]

The play was filmed in and around Greenock, Drumchapel and Port Glasgow.[7]

Frankie Miller's song "Rules of the Game" is featured over the closing credits.[8]

Cast

Critical reception

Screenonline wrote "stunningly photographed by Elmer Cossey and featured McDougall's most crackling dialogue and richest characterisations, all brilliantly evoked by a cast headed by blues singer Frankie Miller in a performance that melts the camera in its intensity."[9]

References
  1. "Just a Boy's Game (1979)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018.
  2. "Play For Today - Series 10: 1. Just a Boys' Game" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. "Just A Boy's Game | Film | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Just A Boy's Game (1979) | The List". film.list.co.uk.
  5. "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index".
  6. "Play for Today Season 10". Radio Times.
  7. "Just a Boys' Game and the work of Peter McDougall". 11 November 2020.
  8. "Frankie Miller - Rules Of The Game - Just A Boys Game OST Chords - Chordify". chordify.net.
  9. "BFI Screenonline: McDougall, Peter (1947-) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.


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