
Acting
Denis Law
Born
1940-02-24 (86)
Place of birth
Aberdeen, Scotland
Known for
Acting
Credits
17 titles
Denis Law CBE (born 24 February 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000 (equivalent to £3,098,877 in 2023). Law spent 11 years at Mancheste…
Known for
7.6BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
Match of the Day
1964
Celebrity quiz where Noel Edmonds asks questions about news and affairs (often wacky!) from a particular year.
Noel's Telly Years
1996
7.5Film celebrating the legendary footballer Denis Law, looking back at his upbringing and his fruitful career with Manchester United, where he earned the title The King.
The Lawman
2020
NRDocumentary celebrating the remarkable life of one of England's greatest-ever footballers, Sir Bobby Charlton. Sir Bobby was a key member of the England team that won the World Cup in 1966 and a Manchester United team touched by success and tragedy in equal measure. Charlton survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, which killed several of his teammates, dubbed the Busby Babes. He became a crucial figure in the club's resurgence, winning two league titles and, unforgettably in 1968, the European Cup against Benfica. He received a knighthood in 1994 and was awarded the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. A fiercely proud Englishman, Charlton was a pivotal figure at Manchester United as an ambassador, club director and close confidante of a succession of managers.
Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football
2023
In the west of Scotland, nobody bothers to argue that football is a genuinely popular art form, the theatre of the people.
Busby, Stein & Shankly: The Football Men
1997
NRDocumentary on Rangers legend Jim Baxter
The Jim Baxter Story
2001
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
7.5Film celebrating the legendary footballer Denis Law, looking back at his upbringing and his fruitful career with Manchester United, where he earned the title The King.
The Lawman
2020
NRDocumentary celebrating the remarkable life of one of England's greatest-ever footballers, Sir Bobby Charlton. Sir Bobby was a key member of the England team that won the World Cup in 1966 and a Manchester United team touched by success and tragedy in equal measure. Charlton survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, which killed several of his teammates, dubbed the Busby Babes. He became a crucial figure in the club's resurgence, winning two league titles and, unforgettably in 1968, the European Cup against Benfica. He received a knighthood in 1994 and was awarded the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. A fiercely proud Englishman, Charlton was a pivotal figure at Manchester United as an ambassador, club director and close confidante of a succession of managers.
Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football
2023
7.0The definitive film portrait of Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, and Jock Stein. An incredible story of how three men born in the central lowlands of Scotland within 30 miles of each other, grew up to become lifelong friends and three of the most influential men in football history.
The Three Kings
2020
2010s · 3 titles
NRToo Good To Go Down explores the story of how relegation to the second tier of English football was the catalyst for a new Manchester United to develop in the years after Sir Matt Busby's retirement.
Too Good To Go Down
2018
6.2The story of Manchester United legend Sir Matt Busby.
Busby
2019
8.5SHANKLY: NATURE'S FIRE explores the remarkable life and career of BILL SHANKLY, the legendary Liverpool Football Club manager who came to leave such a legacy in his adopted home city. The film is a nostalgic journey into the origins of the world's favourite game, and how legends are born and transcend generations. Perhaps no one before or since has personified the spirit of the working class culture that gave birth to the modern game. Shankly's passion for football was boundless to the point of obsession. This unique feature length documentary is an exploration of the determination and commitment to community that emerged from Britain's industrial heartlands and manifested itself in this unstoppable game: creating a love affair still etched in the hearts of the generations that followed.
Shankly: Nature’s Fire
2017
2000s · 3 titles
NRDocumentary on Rangers legend Jim Baxter
The Jim Baxter Story
2001
NRThe story of one of Rangers greatest players
John Greig: The Legend
2001
NRDenis Law was a phenomenal football player and entertainer, who, together with Bobby Charlton and George Best swept Manchester United to the top of the domestic League and European greatness. In fact, this wee Scot was so good that Pelé once famously said he was the only Brit good enough to play for Brazil!
The King: The Story of Denis Law
2007
1990s · 5 titles
In the west of Scotland, nobody bothers to argue that football is a genuinely popular art form, the theatre of the people.
Busby, Stein & Shankly: The Football Men
1997
Scotland's great football victories over England, beginning in 1874.
Scotland the Brave: The Greatest Triumphs Over England
1990
Guy proposes to his girlfriend by putting a notice on the half time scoreboard at the FA cup final. The entire crowd at wembley stadium cheer them on as he holds up the ring. The TV cameras pick it up. it becomes wedding of the year, but she doesn't want to marry him.
The Perfect Match
1995
NRIn 1993/94 Manchester United won the elusive double - the Premier League title and the FA Cup - only the fourth side to do so this century. But this extraordinary feat was not achieved overnight. Leading up to today's triumph is a long and glorious history of the club, studded with victories, stars... and beautiful goals. Here for the first time is a collection of these goals from the heady days of the 1960's to the 1990's, goals that put Manchester United on top and made it the world's greatest football club Best, Charlton, Law, Robson, Hughes and Giggs - the list goes on and on. Accompanied by great commentary and exclusive interviews with Manchester United s greatest players, this spectacular video is a unique record for Red Devils' fans everywhere.
Manchester United F.C. - 300 All TIme Greatest Goals
1994
NRA profile of the legendary soccer player Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, with footage of his career and a comprehensive list of interviews of former colleagues and other football legends, journalists, writers and politicians.
Eusébio: Um jogador de todos os tempos
1992
Series credits
7.6BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
Match of the Day
1964
7.6BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
Match of the Day
1964
Celebrity quiz where Noel Edmonds asks questions about news and affairs (often wacky!) from a particular year.
Noel's Telly Years
1996
