TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain
Status: Ended
Next Episode: No upcoming episodes
Number of Seasons: 1
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Sam Kelly
Noreen Kershaw
Struan Rodger
Karl Lornie
Stephen Moss
Cheryl Leigh
Vince Earl
Gilly Coman
Bill Moores
Martin Wyldeck
Jimmy Coleman
Syd Newmann
Nicola Hollinshead
Jean Warren
Joey Kaye
Lloyd Peters
Peter Christian
Nick Maloney
Lesley Nightingale
Harry Goodier
Jason Cunliffe
John Carr
Iggy Navarro
Al T. Kossy
Eric Granville
James Culshaw
Doña Croll
Mike Hayden
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