Blackball is a comedy film starring Bernard Cribbins, Estelle Harris, Imelda Staunton, Johnny Vegas, Mark Little, Paul Kaye, Vince Vaughn and directed by Mel Smith.

Paul Kaye is a rebellious young bowls player who wants to play for his country but by his rules.

The character of Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye) is based on real-life bowls player Griff Sanders. Griff Sanders once joked on a BBC3 programme that Kaye was 'not good-looking enough' to play him, and that his performance was 'crap', while Kaye claimed that Sanders was 'annoying' and had been banned from attending the filming because he irritated everyone on set.

Blackball the film was made in the Isle of Man and Torquay.

A film based soley around the sport of Bowls.