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Mike Bassett: Manager
The series picks up some time after Mike took England to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup. The side's attempt at qualifying for the 2004 European Championships ended in disaster, resulting in Mike being sacked. Since then, a spell at Newcastle ended in similar fashion after getting them relegated two seasons in a row, while his returns to former clubs Norwich and then Colchester fared little better. Mike decides to retire, but at the last minute is offered the manager's job at Wirral County F.C., for whom his father was a player. They seem doomed to be relegated to the Football Conference. Not helping his job is the fact that the chairman is senile, the chief executive is eagerly awaiting relegation so that he can sell their ground and Karine isn't pleased with the idea of retiring in Ellesmere Port rather than Spain.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 6 episodes (September 29, 2005)
Cast
- Ricky Tomlinson as Mike Bassett
- Steve Edge as Doddsy
- Amanda Redman as Karine Bassett
- David Gyasi as Jeremy Hands
- Adam Tedder as Laszlo Vig
- Richard Bennett as Wrighty
- Neil Maskell as Wirral Web Presenter
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Carlton Dawes
- Michael Fenton Stevens as Richard Johnson
- Gareth Mason as Gavin James
- Tim Barlow as Sir Denzil
- Stephen Aintree as Local Press
Details
- Created by
- Rob Sprackling and Johnny Smith
- First aired
- September 29, 2005
- Episodes
- 6
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- ITV1
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.8 / 10 from 6 votes
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