Boys from the Blackstuff

Name: Boys from the Blackstuff
Genre: Drama
Released: 07 Nov 1982
Rating: 7.70
Cast: Bernard Hill, Michael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Alan Igbon, Peter Kerrigan

TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain 1982-11-07 United Kingdom 50 minutes.

7.70 16 votes

Drama northern england miniseries working class unemployment

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Oct 10, 1982

1 - 1

Jobs for the Boys Oct 10, 1982
1 - 2

Moonlighter Oct 17, 1982
1 - 3

Shop Thy Neighbour Oct 24, 1982
1 - 4

Yosser's Story Oct 31, 1982
1 - 5

George's Last Ride Nov 07, 1982

0 Season 0 Nov 09, 1980

0 - 1

The Black Stuff Nov 09, 1980
0 - 2

The Muscle Market Sep 19, 1981
0 - 3

Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff Jul 06, 2022

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.

Year 1982

Studio BBC Two

Director Alan Bleasdale

Crew Ilona Sekacz (Music), Michael Wearing (Producer)

Popularity 3.9818

Language English