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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

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Top billed cast

Kyle BrookesEddy
Macaulay CooperTommy
Wendy Laurence JamesGladys Bracegirdle
Elizabeth CoombsAlice Price
Linda ClarkRed Ethel
Dominic McCavishJames Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeaghKarlton
Julia HaworthSandra Green
Michał SzpakMilo
Steven ArnoldReg Green

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