An Impossible Job

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Episode nos.Season 5
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Directed byKen McGill
Written byPatrick Collins
Narrated byMark Halliley
Featured musicCliff Rossiter
Editing by
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  • Justin Annandale
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Running time50 minutes
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"Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job" is a 1994 British fly-on-the-wall documentary directed and produced by Ken McGill, written by Patrick Collins, and made by Chrysalis for Cutting Edge. The documentary follows the England football team through the 18 months before their failure to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals and showed the pressure manager Graham Taylor was under before his resignation. It was originally broadcast by Channel 4 on 24 January 1994.

Background

Neil Duncanson (who joined Chrysalis as a freelance producer in 1991) suggested the documentary, though some of his colleagues believed they would never get permission.[1] The title of the film, An Impossible Job, reflects the difficulties of the England manager's position.[2]

In 2013, journalist Rob Shepherd revealed, "None of us in the 'Hack Pack' who followed England at the time knew that a documentary was being filmed. But Graham Taylor did."[3]

Before England's match against the Netherlands, the Dutch FA had denied access to the crew filming Taylor, but the England manager helped to smuggle them inside the De Kuip stadium.[4]

Synopsis

The documentary follows Graham Taylor before, during and after England's crucial qualifier against the Netherlands in Rotterdam.[4]

England's campaign started poorly with a home draw against Norway in October 1992.[5]

In October 1993, during the penultimate match in the Netherlands, referee Karl-Josef Assenmacher did not send off Ronald Koeman for fouling Platt.[5]

Appearances

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Broadcast and release

The film was broadcast by Channel 4 on 24 January 1994 as part of the Cutting Edge documentary series. A censored version of the film was broadcast a few days later. More than six million people tuned in to watch the film.[6]

A 77-minute version of the film including previously unseen footage was released on VHS on 7 July 1997 retitled Graham Taylor: "Do I Not Like That. The Final Chapter".[7] North One (which now owns Chrysalis) sold the documentary to ITV who broadcast the extended version of the documentary on 5 October 2008 on ITV4.[8][9]

Aftermath

The 2001 comedy feature film Mike Bassett: England Manager was inspired partly by Graham Taylor and An Impossible Job.[10]

In 2013, Ken McGill told BBC Sport, "I found it hard to take the consequences of the film. But there is nothing I would change. It is a piece of honest film-making."[6]

Reception

The Daily Express called it "A fascinating mix of black comedy and personal tragedy."[citation needed]

101 Great Goals said in 2008, "...the documentary is a super watch... Above all, it explains much about the pressure of being the England manager. It does also make you wonder how Graham Taylor is now a respected pundit."[11]

The Guardian reported in 2010, "An Impossible Job was immediately hailed as a comic masterpiece".[5] Daniel Taylor of The Guardian in 2013 described it as "a piece of television gold."[12] David Elkin of Pulp Football in the same year said, "The documentary is a brilliant examination of the media, the pressure and the utterly ludicrous nature of being the England national team manager." He added: An Impossible Job gives a real insight into the doomed campaign and the nature of the role."[13]

Barney Ronay in his 2010 book The Manager: The absurd ascent of the most important man in football said, [Taylor] "turned out to be a brilliantly absorbing subject for a tragicomic documentary film."[14] Andy Mitten in his 2003 book The Rough Guide to Cult Football said, "the programme's enduring legacy is to present him [Taylor] unfairly as a provincial buffoon."[15]

Awards

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result
1995 Royal Television Society Best Sports Coverage Cutting Edge Won

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Duncanson, Neil (6 October 1996). "Anorak with a cutting edge". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The impossible job". BBC News. 5 February 1999. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Do we not like that: Shep's TV highlight". Sports Journalists' Association. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Documentary: Graham Taylor – "The Impossible Job"s". 4DFoot. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Joy of Six: Football documentaries". The Guardian. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rostance, Tom (8 October 2013). "Do I not like that: 20 years since Graham Taylor's World Cup failure". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Do I Not Like That - The Final Chapter [1994] [VHS]". Amazon.co.uk. 7 July 1997. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McMahon, Kate (17 September 2008). "ITV to revive C4's classic Graham Taylor football doc". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An Impossible Job/ Do I not like that !". Digital Spy. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Arthur; Pulver, Andrew (21 September 2001). "Turnip - the movie". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Do I not like that". 101 Great Goals. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, Daniel (12 October 2013). "England manager Roy Hodgson shows job may not be impossible after all". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Elkin, David (10 December 2013). "The 5 Essential Football Documentaries". Pulp Football. Retrieved 30 June 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ronay, Barney (2010). The Manager: The Absurd Ascent of the Most Important Man in Football. Sphere. ISBN 978-0751542790.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mitten, Andy (2010). The Rough Guide to Cult Football. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1848365421.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jackson, Jamie (1 October 2006). "How did it feel ..." The Observer. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.White, Jim (7 October 2010). "Graham Taylor: I will take England's failure to reach 1994 World Cup finals to my grave". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hellier, David (18 May 2004). "Been inside? You're hired". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, Oliver (3 October 2008). "Top five managerial rants". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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