Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)

7.8 50 min 1 season TV Show
Drama

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.

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Cast

Bernard Hill Bernard Hill Yosser Hughes
Michael Angelis Michael Angelis Chrissie Todd
Tom Georgeson Tom Georgeson Dixie Dean
Alan Igbon Alan Igbon Loggo Logmond
Peter Kerrigan Peter Kerrigan George Malone
Gary Bleasdale Gary Bleasdale Kevin Dean
Julie Walters Julie Walters Angie Todd
Jean Boht Jean Boht Miss Sutcliffe
David Fleeshman David Fleeshman D.O.E Assistant Manager
David Ross David Ross Donald Moss
David Neilson David Neilson Lawton
Shay Gorman Shay Gorman Molloy

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