Release Date

10 Oct, 1982

Runtime

00:50: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

5/1

Synopsis

TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain

Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and their revered older friend, retired longshoreman and union leader, George Malone. As they struggle to make ends meet in a depressed economy, and to hold together their financially battered families, they are harrassed by the petty bureaucrats of the DHSS. But the lumbering investigational juggernaut is, both comically and tragically, guided by drivers with only a provisional license.

Original Title

Boys from the Blackstuff

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Specials

09 Nov, 1980

Miniseries

10 Oct, 1982

Created By

Alan Bleasdale

Actors

Bernard Hill

Michael Angelis

Tom Georgeson

Alan Igbon

Peter Kerrigan

Gary Bleasdale

Julie Walters

Jean Boht

David Fleeshman

David Ross

David Neilson

Shay Gorman

Chris Darwin

Jean Heywood

Tony Scoggo

James Ellis

Clive Russell

Paul Barber

Tony Haygarth

Ricky Tomlinson

Eileen O'Brien

Crew

Ilona Sekacz

Michael Wearing

Ian Ashurst

Alan Bleasdale