A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

• Miramax
• Prominent Features
• Pete Postlethwaite
• Tara Fitzgerald
• Ewan McGregor
• Stephen Tompkinson
• Jim Carter
• Philip Jackson
• Peter Martin
• Sue Johnston