TwentyFourSeven [Blu-ray]

In a 1990s east Midlands town, youth from local housing estates are struggling to find purpose. Recently returned to his

hometown, Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) interrupts their lives by reviving the boxing club of his youth.

Directed by cult favourite Shane Meadows (This is England), TwentyFourSeven charts the story of working-class youngsters

finding friendship, self-respect and meaning in post-industrial England. Shot in black and white, and featuring music by Tim

Buckley, The Charlatans, Van Morrison and Paul Weller, this alternately heartwarming and confronting film is threaded with a sense of undeniable hope.

Extras

· Newly remastered by the BFI and presented in High Definition

· Newly recorded audio commentary by Andrew Graves

· The Guardian Interview: Shane Meadows and Bob Hoskins (1997/2025, 79 mins)

· Ritchie, The World’s Light-Weight Boxing Champion (1914, 1 min): newsreel capturing Willie Ritchie’s victory over the

incumbent light-weight champion Freddie Welsh

· Twelve Hours Punching (1924, 2 mins): amateur fighters trade blows at a variety of weights during a boxing

tournament at London’s Alexandra Palace

· Trailers (1997, 4 mins)