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Alan Bleasdale pens this dark comedy set in Liverpool. As a parting shot, a retiring Liverpool nightclub manager plays a cruel prank on his successor by booking two groups of pensioners - one Catholic and one Protestant - into the same bar room on the same night. When the new manager, Mike (Michael Angelis), walks into this explosive situation, he must pull out all the stops to keep the peace. Joanne Whalley and Bernard Hill co-star, while pop star Elvis Costello makes a cameo appearance as an inept magician.

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. It's New Year's Eve at The Charleston, a run-down club in Liverpool owned by the local gangland boss. The new manager has arrived and soon discovers his out of favour predecessor has booked a band that can't play, a magician with a dead rabbit and two parties of rowdy OAPs. On one coach arrives a devout catholic social club in fancy dress for a non-existent prize, among them a drunken blind ex-boxer, on the other equally boisterous protestant revellers.  One of the great British comedies of the 80's written by the creator of Boys From The Blackstuff, Alan Bleasdale.   Bonus Feature: 'Making No Surrender' featuring interviews with Director Peter Smith and Producer Mamoun Hassan.   Reviews:  Blistering Black Comedy - Sunday Express  Brutally Funny - Mail On Sunday.