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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

2021

105 minutes

Drama

Overview

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

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Top Cast

Kyle Brookes headshot

Kyle Brookes

Eddy

Macaulay Cooper headshot

Macaulay Cooper

Tommy

Wendy Laurence James headshot

Wendy Laurence James

Gladys Bracegirdle

Elizabeth Coombs headshot

Elizabeth Coombs

Alice Price

Linda Clark headshot

Linda Clark

Red Ethel

Dominic McCavish headshot

Dominic McCavish

James Elbridge / Phyllis

Joel McVeagh headshot

Joel McVeagh

Karlton

Julia Haworth headshot

Julia Haworth

Sandra Green

Michał Szpak headshot

Michał Szpak

Milo

Steven Arnold headshot

Steven Arnold

Reg Green

Tony Richardson headshot

Tony Richardson

Hubert Corkhill

Vicki Glover headshot

Vicki Glover

Nurse Bickerstaff

Laura Ellen Wilson headshot

Laura Ellen Wilson

Judy

Charlie Price headshot

Charlie Price

Young Eddy

Paul Sultana headshot

Paul Sultana

Jim