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Boys from the Blackstuff
created by Alan Bleasdale
TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain
19821 season★ 7.7
Drama
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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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Bernard Hill
Yosser Hughes
Michael Angelis
Chrissie Todd
Tom Georgeson
Dixie Dean
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Alan Igbon
Loggo Logmond
Peter Kerrigan
George Malone
Gary Bleasdale
Kevin Dean
Julie Walters
Angie Todd
Jean Boht
Miss Sutcliffe
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Created by
Alan Bleasdale
Status
Ended
Episodes
5
Language
EN
