Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Jamie Bell

Gary Lewis

Julie Walters

Jean Heywood

Jamie Draven

Stuart Wells

Mike Elliot

Billy Fane

Nicola Blackwell

Carol McGuigan