Major Players

Major Players is an original drama co-written by Molly Manning Walker (How To Have Sex) and Yasmin Joseph (A Thousand Blows) about two girls on the brink of adulthood and their mission to start a women’s football team. Inspired by Molly’s own experiences at high school where the crowd control was more urgent than the education, the series is a love letter to football and a funny and wild exploration of young people in London today, tackling topics from friendship to gender politics.

Our take

Major Players is an urban chronicle of rare authenticity. More than just a sports series, it unfolds as a vibrant celebration of sisterhood, where women’s football becomes a playground for hard-won freedom, and the ball itself a bond between the characters. This naturalistic comedy-drama, both tender and luminous, sensitively captures the small moments that define the daily lives of London teenage girls with big dreams.