{{about|the television movie made by the BBC|the signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson|England expects that every man will do his duty}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2009}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = Drama | creator = | based_on = | writer = Frank Deasy | screenplay = | story = | director = Tony Smith | starring = Steven Mackintosh<br />Keith Barron<br />Susan Vidler<br />Sadie Thompson<br />Camille Coduri<br />Karl Johnson<br />Preeya Kalidas<br />Nitin Ganatra<br />Sadiqul Islam | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Nitin Sawhney | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Ruth Caleb, Nick Ryan | editor = Jerry Leon | cinematography = Tim Palmer | runtime = 120 min (2 parts) | company = | budget = | network = BBC One | first_aired = {{start date|2004|4|5|df=y}} | last_aired = }} '''''England Expects''''' is a British television film produced by BBC Scotland in 2004.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/03_march/18/england_expects.shtml BBC – Press Office – England Expects]</ref> It stars Steven Mackintosh and was written by Frank Deasy. Nick Ryan, a journalist and the author of an exposé into far-right groups, worldwide (Homeland: Into a World of Hate<ref>{{cite news|last=Collin|first=Matthew|title=With the boot boys|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/may/10/highereducation.news|accessdate=14 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 May 2003}}</ref>), was the show's creative producer.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382668/ England Expects on IMDB {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==Synopsis== Ex-hooligan Ray Knight (Steven Mackintosh) is a normal everyday family man living and working as a security guard at a large investment bank in Canary Wharf. He is a highly protective father to his teenage daughter Nikki (Sadie Thompson), who lives with her alcoholic mother Sadie (Camille Coduri) at their flat in a run down estate.
After a failed attempt to help Nikki and Sadie move into a new housing development, which is being competed for between Whites and Asians, and discovering that Nikki is involved in heroin addiction with her Asian neighbour and only friend Rashel (Sadiqul Islam), Ray's anger drives him to join the far-right political ring led by his old friend Larry Knowles (Keith Barron).
==Production notes== The film's main objective is to explore the far-right and issues of racism.
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==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdlTuSyUCl4 Footage from ''England Expects'']
Category:BBC television dramas Category:British television films Category:2004 in British television