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.

The series is presented as a sneak preview, and is still a work-in-progress.

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.