The Flint Street Nativity is a 1999 ITV Christmas TV movie. It won the 2000 BAFTA Wales Award for Best Design.
Summary
The film is set in the fictitious inner city Flint Street Primary School, on the Welsh-Cheshire borders. It focuses on the seven- and eight-year-old pupils in that evening's sole performance of the school nativity play, from the pre-performance classroom preparations to the final stage performance, which culminates in calamity.
There are inevitable mishaps, misunderstandings, young egos, fears of failure and fallings out. The children's characters eventually evolve into mirror images of their parents when the actors all appear as their parents (the play's audience) at the post-show gathering.
Cast
| Actor/actress | Character | Nativity char. |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Addy | Ass | |
| Mina Anwar | Shamima | Angel |
| Jane Horrocks | Zoe | Shepherd #2 |
| Jason Hughes | Warren Pipe | Joseph |
| Dervla Kirwan | Jaye Dackers | Angel Gabriel |
| Josie Lawrence | Debbie Bennett | Mary |
| Ralf Little | Clive Cattle | Star of Bethlehem |
| Tony Marshall | N/A | Wise Man #2 |
| Neil Morrissey | Adrian Atherton | Wise Man #3 |
| Julia Sawalha | Dawn | Wise Man #1 |
| Hywel Simons | Errol Chiverton | Shepherd #1 |
| Frank Skinner | Ian Rotherham | Herod |
| John Thomson | Christian Jerrums | Innkeeper |
| Stephen Tompkinson | Tim Moyle | Narrator |
| Kerry Joy Stewart | N/A | Innkeeper's Mother |
| Lynn Hunter | Mrs. Humphries | |
| Sean Carlsen | Himself | |
| Philip Bosworth (uncredited) |