Scully - Complete Series by Alan Bleasdale

Scully is a British television drama with some comedy elements set in Liverpool,
England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today episode "Scully's New Years Eve"
(3 January 1978). Originally broadcast on Channel Four in 1984, the single series
was spread over six half-hour episodes plus a one-hour final episode. It was
written by playwright Alan Bleasdale. The drama is notable for featuring many of
the Liverpool football club first-team squad of that era.

The estate parts were filmed in Longsight, Manchester, on the 'Anson Road' estate.
Scully's house is situated on Bluebell Lane in Huyton, Liverpool, Several parts
were also filmed on roads off Princess Drive, Dovecot.The school building featured is
the 'Central High School for Boys' (demolished) on Pink Bank Lane, which is off
Kirkmanshulme Lane in the Belle Vue/Gorton area of Manchester. The extras used
in the school/classroom scenes were pupils of the school.

Francis Scully (played by Andrew Schofield) is a teenage boy who has his heart set
on gaining a trial match for Liverpool to hopefully fulfil his ambition of playing for the
club. Francis, in everyday situations during his waking hours, occasionally "sees"
famous Liverpool players such as Kenny Dalglish when they are not really there.
These dream-like sequences recur throughout the episodes.The main plotline
concerns the efforts of Scully's school teachers to persuade Scully to appear in the
school pantomime which they attempt by promising him a trial with his beloved
Liverpool if he will cooperate. When Scully and his friends are not in school making
trouble for the teachers and the school caretaker, they are seen roaming the local
streets upsetting the neighbours and getting into trouble with the police. Scully
sometimes has visions of the school caretaker appearing as a vampire due to the
caretaker's nickname being Dracula. These frequent waking dream sequences give
the show a somewhat surreal atmosphere.English musician and songwriter Elvis
Costello played Scully's brother. Costello also wrote and performed the show's theme
song "Turning The Town Red".

Created by Alan Bleasdale

Starring

Andrew Schofield - Franny Scully
Ray Kingsley - Mooey Morgan
Mark McGann - Mad Dog
Richard Burke - Snotty Dog
Cathy Tyson - Joanna
Jean Boht - Gran
Tom Georgeson - Isaiah
Judith Barker - Mrs Heath
Elvis Costello - Henry Scully
Gary Bleasdale - Bignall
Gilly Coman - Marie Morgan
Tony Haygarth - Dracula
David Ross - Steve
Kenny Dalglish - Himself
Bob Paisley - Himself
Ian St John - Himself
Bruce Grobbelaar - Himself

Country of origin UK

No. of episodes 7

Running time
30 minutes x 6
60 minutes x 1