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The Rookie

Touching drama starring Dennis Quaid. A successful high school baseball coach must honour a promise to try out as a pitcher for a professional team, with inspiring results.

Touching sports drama. Jimmy Morris is a former minor league baseball player whose formidable pitching could have taken him a long way, had his career not been halted by a shoulder injury. Now a coach, he makes a deal with his team: if they win the district championship, he will start pitching again - this time for a major league team...

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Mon 9 Apr 201800:00
BBC Two

Credits

Jimmy MorrisDennis Quaid
Lorri MorrisRachel Griffiths
Jim Morris SrBrian Cox
Joaquin 'Wack' CamposJay Hernandez
OllineBeth Grant
Jim Morris SrBrian Cox
Hunter MorrisAngus T Jones
Rudy BonillaRick Gonzalez
Joe David WestChad Lindberg
Joel De La GarzaDeborah Offner
HenryRoyce D Applegate
BrooksRussell Richardson
FrankReiner Schöne
DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
ProducerMark Ciardi
ProducerGordon Gray
ProducerMark Johnson
ProducerPhilip Steuer
WriterMike Rich

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Nov 200700:40
    BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
  • Sun 15 Nov 200911:30
    BBC Two England, Wales & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 22 Aug 201011:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sun 22 Aug 201012:10
    BBC Two Wales, Northern Ireland & England only
  • Thu 1 Aug 201323:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Fri 2 Aug 201300:05
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Fri 2 Aug 201300:35
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sat 2 Aug 201423:55
    BBC One
  • Sun 21 Jun 201500:00
    BBC One
  • Sat 30 Jan 201600:05
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, Scotland, England & HD only
  • Sun 10 Sep 201700:25
    BBC One
  • Mon 9 Apr 201800:00
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire

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