MIKE BASSETT ENGLAND MANAGER

GB
2001
1hr 29mins
Dir: Steve Barron
Starring: Ricky Tomlinson and Amanda Redman

An inept and old-fashioned football manager takes over the role as the England national coach in a bid to win the World Cup

This satirical comedy mockumentary style film features one railway scene quite early on, with Mike Bassett boarding a GNER HST set at Peterborough station. There is also a scene which follows that has Mike Bassett being interviewed onboard the train by Martin Bashir, and a station flashes past outside.

Ricky Tomlinson about to board an arriving HST set at Peterborough station
Martin Bashir interviews Mike Bassett in First Class