George Best was the first football superstar; his rise marked the game's transition from professional sport to national obsession. Brought to a Manchester United still in shock after the Munich air disaster by the age of 17 he was helping them to the League Championship. By 21 the European Cup; that same season he was named Footballer Of The Year. The team that boasted Charlton Law Stiles and Crerand had only one tactic: Pass the ball to George. But he was undone by the temptations of his playboy lifestyle unable to cope with a level of fame that no one had faced before. The drinking the women the gambling all took him beyond help even from his great mentor Sir Matt Busby. But even his fall cannot tarnish his reputation as one of the greatest footballers in history; the Best there ever was.
Get a handle on the scandal. A contemporary urban satire set during a week in the life of a tabloid newspaper. The tyrannical tycoon chairman Richard Morton (Malcolm McDowell) and clever but desperate editor Eddy Taylor (Rupert Graves) battle for political supremacy in the boardroom using staff journalists as pawns in the power-games played out on the front pages of their paper. Set against the backdrop of the US election and the current celebrity culture Rag Tale gives a witty behind-the-scenes look at the tabloids.
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.
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