Purely Belter (2000)

Gerry and Sewell are typical of many teenage Geordie boys. Mateship is more important than girls (but only just), football will always be more important than a job or school (and just about everything else), and the present is pretty crappy so why should the future be any better? Gerry and Sewell have a dream, to obtain season tickets for their beloved Newcastle United Football Club, but there's just one tiny problem - cash. Season tickets cost about 500 pounds each, and these guys are a couple of zeros.

Plans are quickly formulated to acquire the cash before the season begins, by fair means or foul. The boys attempt junk dealing, begging, busking, babysitting, even petty thievery in an attempt to accumulate 1000 pounds with embarrassing, tragic and often humorous results. To their credit, they give up the drugs and tabs (that's tobacco to you and me), and just when the dream looks like it's becoming reality, their plans go horribly awry, with unexpected results.

Based on the novel "The Season Ticket" by Jonathan Tulloch, "Purely Belter" is a bittersweet comedy about realising your dreams which captures the pluck and the spirit of working-class teenagers on Tyneside.