Scully

Scully
Format	Drama
Created by	Alan Bleasdale
Starring	Andrew Schofield Ray Kingsley Mark McGann Richard Burke Cathy Tyson Jean Boht Tom Georgeson Sam Kelly Elvis Costello Gary Bleasdale Gilly Coman Tony Haygarth
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	30 minutes x 6 60 minutes x 1
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel Four
Original run	May 14, 1984 – June 25, 1984

Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England. 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.

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 is 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.

Among the minor characters was English musician and songwriter Elvis Costello who played Scully's brother. Costello also wrote and performed the show's theme song "Turning The Town Red".

The complete series was released on DVD in 2006 as a two-disc set from Network DVD.[1]

External links

• Scully at the Internet Movie Database