Football Stories for Girls is a series of five plays by Katie Hims. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, as 15-minute installments of Woman's Hour Drama[1].
Plot[]
Five stories portraying football from a woman's perspective.
Cast[]
Directed by Mary Peate
Plays[]
| Play Number | Title | Broadcast Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Stealing Alfredo" | 10 June 2002 | Setting out to buy a birthday present for his soccer-mad granddaughter, a man has an encounter with a cardboard cut-out. |
| 02 | "When I Got Lost" | 11 June 2002 | Rachel's brother was tipped for soccer stardom - until the day he disappeared. |
| 03 | "Mr Belling" | 12 June 2002 | Carol works in a seaside cafe. One day, a famous footballer comes in and, taken by her Marilyn Monroe outfit, asks her to a game |
| 04 | "Tallulah's Game" | 13 June 2002 | A former Women's Premier League footballer finds out that a girl who works in the local supermarket has just been signed up. |
| 05 | "Death or Glory" | 14 June 2002 | Maggie tries to find out why her husband left her. Is her relationship somehow linked to the fate of the England team? |