Billy Elliot

• 7.595 Drama
• 2000-09-28
• 110 minutes mins

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

Starring:

Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot) Gary Lewis (Jackie Elliot) Julie Walters (Mrs Wilkinson) Jean Heywood (Grandma) Jamie Draven (Tony Elliot) Stuart Wells (Michael Caffrey) Mike Elliot (George Watson) Billy Fane (Mr Braithwaite) Nicola Blackwell (Debbie Wilkinson) Carol McGuigan (Librarian)

Director:

Stephen Daldry

Writer:

Lee Hall