Champions
"Another kind of man would have given up. Another woman would have let him."
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Cast
John Hurt
Bob Champion
Jan Francis
Jo Beswick
Edward Woodward
Josh Gifford
Ben Johnson
Burly Cocks
Kirstie Alley
Barbara
Alison Steadman
Mary Hussey
Judy Parfitt
Dr. Merrow
Ann Bell
Valda Embiricos
Peter Barkworth
Nick Embiricos
Jonathan Newth
Mr Griffin Jones
Julie Adams
Emma Hussey
Michael Byrne
Richard Hussey
Antony Carrick
Ken
Fiona Victory
Helen
Frank Mills
Charles
Hubert Rees
Bill
Ceri Jackson
1st Nurse
Francesca Brill
2nd Nurse
Andrew Wilde
Graham
Andrew Fell
Doctor
Edwin Richfield
Ashton
John Woodnutt
Mr Champion
Carolyn Pickles
Sally
Noel Dyson
Mrs. Champion
Mark Lambert
Sean
Gregory Jones
Peter
Mick Dillon
Snowy
Richard Adams
Nicky Hussey
Stephen Jenn
Bald Patient
Les Conrad
Masseur
Richard Leech
Beck
Anthony Dawes
Fred
Wendy Gifford
Althea
Trevor Clarke
Phil
Mark Burns
Thorne
John Buckingham
Valet
Graham Welcome
Clerk of the Scales
Leonard Trolley
Steward
Crew
John Irvin
Director
Evan Jones
Screenplay
Jonathan Powell
Author
Bob Champion
Author
Paula Gillespie
Hairstylist
Mary Hillman
Makeup Artist
Pat Pennelegion
Unit Manager
Ninkey Dalton
Set Decoration
Roy Stannard
Art Direction
Anna Wade
Costume Designer
Terry Madden
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Rufus Andrews
Second Assistant Director
Bert Batt
Assistant Director
Nick Daubeny
Second Assistant Director
Arthur Wooster
Second Unit Director
Ronnie Taylor
Director of Photography
Carl Davis
Music
Peter Honess
Editor
Eva Monley
Associate Producer
Peter Dansie
Assistant Sound Editor
Rocky Phelan
Assistant Sound Editor
David Sharpe
Assistant Sound Editor
Don Sharpe
Sound Editor
Hugh Strain
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Graydon
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Evje
Sound Mixer
Chris Blunden
First Assistant Editor
Geoff Austin
Location Manager
Nikki Clapp
Continuity
Eddie Collins
Camera Operator
David Hildyard
Sound Recordist
Peter Carter
Location Manager
John Beharrell
Production Accountant
Patricia Kirkman
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stevie Hall
Assistant Hairstylist
David Murphy
Wardrobe Master
Ray Gibbs
Wardrobe Assistant
Irene Lamb
Casting
John Siddall
Assistant Art Director
Ron Coleman
Construction Manager
Arthur Wicks
Property Master
Alan Martin
Gaffer
Jimmy Waters
Grip
Jason Lehel
Clapper Loader
Cedric James
Focus Puller
David Pearson
Boom Operator
Tim Blackham
Sound Engineer
Peter Cotton
Second Assistant Director
Geoff Freeman
Publicist
Robert Whitaker
Still Photographer
Penelope Forrester
Assistant Accountant
Micky Wilson
Best Boy Electric
George Peppiatt
Props
John Hemmington
Props
David Cullen
Orchestrator
David Wynn-Jones
First Assistant Camera
Peter Shaw
Producer
Drew Struzan
Art Designer