Waiting for Gascoigne...The Story of a Legend

When the England team were beaten in the 1990 world cup semi-finals, the tears shed by their brightest star Paul Gascoigne, made him a national institution. In the six years since then, no one has generated more media interest than this working class lad from Gateshead.
In Waiting for Gascoigne award winning director Ken McGill follows Gazza through 1995/96, one of the most important in years of his life – both professionally and personally. This isn’t just about a man who happens to be a footballer. It’s about fame – the rewards, the intrusions and the mental pressure.
This is the closest anyone has got to the most famous man in Britain. Gascoigne is brutally honest about his life and himself. This film shatters many preconceptions about the man behind the image.