Mike Bassett England: Manager sequel out this year

Ricky Tomlinson is back as bumbling football manager Mike Basset in a sequel to the 2001 comedy, called ‘Mike Basset: Interim Manager’.

The project will shoot this year – coincidently the same year as the 2014 World Cup in Brazil – though we don’t know the release date yet.

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The plot this time is described in the press release thus: “This time Bassett is brought in to the England camp as number two to the tactically brilliant German coach Jorgen Mannstein who has the England team playing like a dream. Not for long!”

Director/Producer Steve Barron will return for the £3.5 million sequel, with Rob Sprackling and John R Smith, who penned the first film, on writing duties.

The plot of the first movie, ‘Mike Baseset: England Manager’, saw Bassett improbably take England through to the World Cup semi finals.

We fondly remember a gag in the original movie that saw Bassett accidentally select two players with the surnames Benson and Hedges, after submitting his team sheet on the back of a cigarette packet.

Despite jokes like this the film got mixed reviews from critics, but found enough of an audience to spawn a short-lived ITV spin-off.

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