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May 15, 2022 · The former professional footballer's brave revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player sent shockwaves throughout the industry and across the globe. Published: 10:00 am,...
Mar 29, 2022 · Floodlights is written by the award-winning screenwriter, Matt Greenhalgh (Control, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool) and directed by BAFTA-nominated Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses, Hard Sun)....
Floodlights: Directed by Nick Rowland. With Morven Christie, Antony Byrne, Jonas Armstrong, Gerard Kearns. The former professional soccer player Andy Woodward revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered as a youth player.
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May 10, 2022 · A FORMER Bury FC player who suffered sexual abuse from his youth coach has had his story dramatized by the BBC. Defender Andy Woodward was repeatedly abused by Barry Bennell from the age of 11 while he was a youth team player at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s.
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In November 2016, former Crewe defender, Andy Woodward, went public thathe had been sexually abused by his Crewe Alexandra youth coach, Barry Bennell. After Woodward spoke out, hundreds more men, many also victims of Bennell, came forward about their experiences of abuse by former coaches and scouts in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. More than 100 vict...
The cast includes: Gerard Kearns (The Last Kingdom, Shameless) as Andy Woodward 1. Jonas Armstrong (Hollington Drive, The Bay)as Barry Bennell 2. Steve Edge (Happy Valley, Benidorm) as Terry Woodward (Andy’s father) 3. Morven Christie (Lockwood & Co, The A Word) as Jean Woodward (Andy’s mother) 4. Max Fletcher makes plays a young Andy Woodward in h...
Floodlights is on BBC Two at 9pm tonight. You can also watch it onBBC iPlayershortly after broadcast. 1. The SurvivorsUK National Online Helpline for Male Survivors can be reached from 12pm – 8pm every day via the website (http://survivorsuk.org), by text (020 3322 1860) and by email (help@survivorsuk.org). 2. The Offside Trust is an organisation f...
Mar 29, 2022 · New BBC drama titled Floodlights will tell the story of the former footballer Andy Woodward, who was sexually abused by youth coach Barry Bennell, with Shameless star Gerard Kearns taking the...
May 17, 2022 · Floodlights, a feature-length single drama, tells the impactful and important story of Andy Woodward, the former professional footballer whose brave revelations about the sexual abuse he suffered...
