''Warming Up'' is a 1985 Australian film directed by Bruce Best and starring

Henri Szeps Henri Szeps OAM, (born 2 October 1943) alternatively Henry Szeps, is an Australian character actor of theatre and television. He has also featured in films and worked in voice roles, and has worked in productions in the United Kingdom. Early ...

, Barbara Stephens, Adam Fernance, and

Queenie Ashton Ethel Muriel Ashton (11 November 190321 October 1999), known professionally as Queenie Ashton, was a character actress, born in England, who had a long career in Australia as a theatre performer and radio personality, best known for her radio ...

. The screenplay concerns a divorced woman who moves to a country town and teaches the local football team to dance ballet. Shot in 1984 and originally intended as a tele-movie, it was made by the team responsible for the TV show '' A Country Practice''.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p318

Distribution

The film has been broadcast five times on BBC TV - in December 1985, January 1989, April 1991, January 1995 and August 1998.

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* Australian comedy films 1985 films 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub