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14 de mar. de 2018 · Jossy’s Giants isn’t just an 1980s time capsule - the hair-gelled boys ride BMXs, wear bodywarmers and listen to brick-sized personal stereos, like a non-ironic Stranger Things - but it’s ...
BBC. Jossy Blair was a talented footballer in his youth. But his career was cut short when he injured himself during his first game for Newcastle United. One day Jossy sees the local youth football club, the Glipton Grasshoppers, struggle in a match, and offers the boys some much-needed advice on improving their game.
12 de mar. de 2018 · Jossy's Giants is as much about friendship, effort, achievement and bridging those troublesome teenage years as it is about football. Despite my lack of interest in the game I found myself rooting for the lads during their matches. Made in the mid-80's it does of course have huge nostalgia value, too.
5 de mar. de 2018 · Sid Waddell (1940 – 2012) might be best remembered as the voice of darts (“the atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them”) but there were several other strings to his bow – Jossy’s Giants being one of them. Graduating from St John’s College, Cambridge with a degree in modern history, Waddell worked in academic ...
21 de abr. de 2021 · Jossy’s Giants was written by another Geordie, the larger-than-life life darts commentator and television personality Sid Waddell. The bulk of the series was filmed around Greater Manchester.
Jossy's Giants is as much about friendship, effort, achievement and bridging those troublesome teenage years as it is about football. Despite my lack of interest in the game I found myself rooting for the lads during their matches. Made in the mid-80's it does of course have huge nostalgia value, too.
17 de ene. de 2017 · Jossy's Giants reflects life in that sense, though without the really difficult stuff like loss, and grief, and insurmountable meaninglessness. It is a children's show, after all.
