The Manageress

British television series

The Manageress
Starring	Cherie Lunghi Warren Clarke
Theme music composer	Michael Kamen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producers	Glenn Wilhide Sophie Belhetchet
Running time	60mins
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	11 June 1989 (1989-06-11) – 27 May 1990 (1990-05-27)

The Manageress is a television series about a woman who becomes manager of a professional football team.^[1] It ran from 1989 to 1990 and had two seasons.^[2] The series starred Cherie Lunghi as Gabriella Benson and Warren Clarke as the chairman of the second division club. It was independently produced for Channel 4 by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at their production company, ZED Ltd. It was written by Stan Hey and Neville Smith and directed by Christopher King. The series aired for two series of six episodes on Channel 4 in 1989 and 1990.

The first-season episodes were published by Penguin Books in novel form in 1989. The author was named as Stan Hey.

The series was dubbed into French for French television and the title was translated as Miss Manager et ses footballeurs. German title was Unser Boss ist eine Frau.

Cast

Cherie Lunghi – Gabriella Benson^[3]
Warren Clarke – Martin Fisher
Tom Georgeson – Eddie Johnson
Adam Bareham – Anthony Coombs
Paul Clarkson – Keith Nicholl
Glyn Grimstead – Trevor Coughlan
Chris Walker – Brian Rimmer
Paul Geoffrey – Simon Benson
David Cheesman – Charlie O'Keefe
Robbie Gee – Tony Morris
Mark Adams – Perry Gardner
James Garbutt – Cedric Deness
Alan Rowe – Charles Edwards
David Sibley – Steve Simms
Jill Johnson – Marjorie
Shay Gorman – Norman Williams
Mark Haddigan – Dave McGregor
Mark McGann – Gary Halliwell
Stephen Tompkinson – Jim Wilson
Joe Dixon – Terry Moir
Patrick Drury – Mark Sadler
Gavin Kitchen – Kevin Hedworth
Anthony Trent – Ken Allen
Paul McKenzie – Paul Kennedy

Episodes

Season One

A Man's Game
Fit
The Management Reserves the Right
Collapsible Brollies
One of Us
Home and Away

Season Two

Doing the Business
Pingvin Lakrids
Steal Your Heart Away
A Hundred and Ten Percent
A Match for Anyone
At the End of the Day

References

^ "Forgotten trailblazing football TV show filmed at Reading FC". 26 February 2022.
^ "Football on the small screen, part 2: The Manageress". 24 October 2018.
^ Google Books: From_the_Back_Page_to_the_Front_Room. eBook Partnership. 27 November 2014. ISBN 9781783015580. Retrieved 4 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)