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Given the job of training the British Olympic team at the 1948 games Beresford is forced to face up to the fact that his gamble – placing Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell together just weeks before the Olympic final – may have been a foolish one. But Beresford is not an Olympic champion for nothing, and he pushes the boys to their limits, determined that they will succeed.

James Frain

James earned his degree in Drama and Film at the University of East Anglia and went on to study acting at London's prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama. With theatre credits for the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Royal Court, he has appeared in a range of classical and modern plays in the West End. He has also appeared in popular television series Californication, Flashforward, 24, Grey’s Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the Tudors.

His film credits include: Shadowlands, Elizabeth, Titus, Deception and Everybody’s Fine.