Blackball
Date: 2003
Director: Mel Smith
Production Company: Midfield Films, Icon Entertainment Intl., Isle of Man Film
Stars: Paul Kaye, James Cromwell, Alice Evans, Bernard Cribbins, Johnny Vegas, Vince Vaughn, Imelda Staunton
Location(s): Devon, Isle of Man, London
Region(s): London A-B, North, South West
Storyline:
A rebellious young British bowls player who prefers to play by his own rules teams up with an older and more traditional player to challenge the Australian bowls team. Before long the young rebel is upsetting the sedate English sport with comedic results.
Additional Information:
Screen captures and uncredited now shots by Dave Wilson and uploaded by Richard Lovejoy
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- Capture 1
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay sea front.
And now, should there be lines on a bowling green?
- Capture 2
- 10 Oct 2021
King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man.
A newer building has been inserted into the road. (PW)
- Capture 3
- 10 Oct 2021
King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man.
Modern play equipment in now in place. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 10 Oct 2021
King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man.
The background buildings have all been replaced. (PW)
- Capture 5
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay sea front.
On a quieter day.
- Capture 6
- 14 Apr 2017
The Chippenham Hotel, 207 Shirland Road, London W9.
Hard times for the place now. SJ
- Capture 7
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Unknown location.
- Capture 8
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay sea front.
Roll on Summer.
- Capture 9
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Pavilion.
In daylight 13 years on.
- Capture 10
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Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay sea front.
- Capture 11
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay sea front.
Not such free access these days.
- Capture 12
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay sea front.
I am sure it will be busier in the Summer.
- Capture 13
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Central Promenade in Douglas. The promenade was also seen in 'No Limit' and, from a distance, 'Holidays with Pay'.
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Possibly The Kings Drive, Torquay.
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Peter Brown identifies this as King William's College, Castletown, Isle of Man and advises that it is famous for the "impossible" annual quiz in 'The Guardian'. (RL)
- Capture 16
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay.
Captured with the tide out.
- Capture 17
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King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man.
- Capture 18
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King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man. (Houses now demolished).
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King Williams Way, Castletown, Isle of Man.
- Capture 20
- 10 Oct 2021
Harris Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man. Again seen in 'No Limit' from 1935.
The whole of the sea front in Douglas is in the process of being refurbished. (PW)
- Capture 21
- 10 Oct 2021
Harris Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man.
With much else obscured, the War Memorial to the right confirms the location. (PW)
- Capture 22
- 10 Oct 2021
The Sefton Hotel, Harris Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Access was through a side door at the time of my visit. (PW)
- Capture 23
- 16 Aug 2026
Martin Grindrod helps us finally identify the location of this shot. This is Clifton Road in Port St Mary, a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. This shot was tricky to find as it is part of a sequence where the next shot of the car is on a road in Torquay, 626km away!
The same coastal formation appears in the background in Lon Pinkerton's shot.
- Capture 24
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay.
Now with less traffic.
- Capture 25
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay
13 years on.
- Capture 26
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Torquay sea front.
- Capture 27
- 19 Nov 2023
The River Thames as it flows through London with the Hungerford and Golden Jubilee bridges in the foreground.
John Harwood launched his drone for this tasty shot. (SJ)
- Capture 28
- 11 Jan 2016
Savoy Hotel, London WC2
Peter recreates the shot.
- Capture 29
- 15 Mar 2016
Torquay Harbour.
Few available moorings it would seem.
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Unknown location.
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Unknown location.
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Unknown location.
- Capture 33
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay.
A similar comparative shot, slightly earlier in the day.
- Capture 34
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay sea front.
So has that seat been taken away?
- Capture 35
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay sea front.
The keep left sign is not as white and bright.
- Capture 36
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay sea front.
He must have been hiding that palm tree!
- Capture 37
- 15 Mar 2016
Torbay Road, Torquay sea front.
No, it is not as white.
- Capture 38
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Dolphin Court Road, Paignton.
- Capture 39
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Dolphin Court Road, Paignton.
- Capture 40
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Central Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man (same as blkball016)
- Capture 41
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Torbay Bowls Club, with Torbay Road in the background.
- Capture 42
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Unknown location.
- Capture 43
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Unknown location.