Project Detail

Tash Force

Synopsis

A hilarious mad-cap comedy about Tash McDermott (Mark Woodward), Head of Lancashire Constabulary's Football Intelligence Unit, as he tries to track down a football hooligan ring leader, and put a stop to any "shenanigans" on the terraces. Tash is on the trail of the elusive ‘Nightmare’, a notorious football firm hooligan.

Inspired by TV programmes like ‘Police, Camera, Action’, Tash is giving a journalist (Ian Wiggins) unrestricted access to cover his operation. But Tash is stuck in the glory days of the past, when football was a man’s game, women knew their place, a ruck was pretty much guaranteed, and he was top of the league for arrests and banning orders.

Tash senses that being the subject of a documentary will restore his status, put him right back where he deserves to be, and maybe even make him a star. So he takes his eye off the ball and starts playing up to the camera. But that, and the fact the he can’t hold his beer, ends up landing him in serious trouble.

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 minutes
Format
HD
Director
Michael Booth
Producer
Stephen Rigg, Ian Wiggins, Paul Coppack
Executive Producer
Jonathan Williams
Editor
Michael Booth
Screenwriter
Ian Wiggins, Paul Birtwistle, Mark Woodward
Director of Photography
Michael Booth
Sound
Dean Covill
Composer
Verbal Vigilante
Principal cast
Mark Woodward, Ian Wiggins, Chris Finch, Ranj Nagra, Rebecca-Claire Evans, Clive Bonelle, Dee Sanders, Steve Garti, Paul Howard

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Pleased Sheep Films

Earwig Productions Ltd

Shooters Media

Sales Company

Safecracker Pictures

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