Dream Horse. Copyright: Warner

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2021
Stars
Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O'Donnell, Nicholas Farrell and more
Writers
Neil McKay, Kate Leys and Philip Murphy
Director
Euros Lyn
Producers
Katherine Butler, Tracy O'Riordan, Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden, Sue Bruce-Smith, Peter Touche, Stephen Dailey, Pauline Burt and more
Company

Jan Vokes, a cleaner and bartender, recruits her initially reluctant husband Brian and local accountant Howard Davies to help her bring together a syndicate of local people to breed a foal - which they name Dream Alliance. On the racetrack, he proves himself to be more than a match for the multi-million pound racehorses he comes up against - a true working-class champion, taking on the establishment at their own game. But much more than this, Dream begins to alter the lives of everyone in the syndicate, not least Jan's. He is everything to her: friend, confidant and an escape from a life of always putting other people's needs first.

Based on a true story, Dream Horse is a classic story of triumph against adversity, and a tale of how a woman strives to make her dream a reality in a place where hope is thin on the ground.

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Additional details

UK certificate
PG
Duration
142 minutes
UK release
Friday 4th June 2021
Distributors

Warner Brothers

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

All previous repeats
  • Monday 1st January 2024 at 9:00pm on Film4
  • Thursday 26th October 2023 at 10:20pm on 4seven
  • Saturday 21st October 2023 at 9:25pm on C4

Recording details

  • Blaenavon - Welsh village location
  • Aintree Racecourse and Newbury Racecourse

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