My Summer with Des

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{{Infobox television

| editor = Philip Kloss

| runtime = 80 mins.

| company = BBC Films

| language = English

| country = United Kingdom

| network = BBC One

| released = {{Start date|1998|05|25|df=y}}

| starring = Neil Morrissey
Rachel Weisz
Des Lynam
Arabella Weir
John Gordon Sinclair

| genre = Football
Comedy
Drama

| screenplay = Arthur Smith

| director = Simon Curtis

| executive_producer = Jane Tranter

| producer = Joy Spink

| cinematography = Graham Frake

| music = Jim Parker

| related = Match of the Day

}}

My Summer with Des is a 1998 comedy drama television film, written by Arthur Smith, and directed by Simon Curtis.{{Cite web |title=My Summer with Des (1998) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81074c3a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406192719/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81074c3a |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2019 |access-date=15 May 2022 |website=BFI |language=en}} Broadcast to coincide with the beginning of World Cup 1998, the story is set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his girlfriend. It starred Neil Morrissey and Des Lynam, with Rachel Weisz playing the role of his love interest who seems to have the ability to travel through time and know the outcome of the tournament's matches before they happen. At one point Neil Morrissey's character asks her to take him straight to the semi-final between England and Germany, which they then arrive at in the next scene.

The film was broadcast on BBC One on 25 May 1998,{{Cite web |title=My Summer with Des (1998) |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150496911 |access-date=15 May 2022 |website=BFI Collections}}{{Cite web |title=My Summer with Des |date=25 May 1998 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c0030039d1314f5ba55c72d1246a98d1 |access-date=15 May 2022 |publisher=BBC Programme Index}} and released on VHS on 26 May 1998.

A DVD was scheduled for a 4 August 2008 release, however this was postponed.