Series · Drama
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
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.
- Creator
- Alan Bleasdale
- Writers
- Alan Bleasdale
- Network
- BBC Two
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 10, 1982
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Bernard HillYosser Hughes
Michael AngelisChrissie Todd
Tom GeorgesonDixie Dean- Alan IgbonLoggo Logmond
Peter KerriganGeorge Malone
Gary BleasdaleKevin Dean
Julie WaltersAngie Todd
Jean BohtMiss Sutcliffe
David FleeshmanD.O.E Assistant Manager
David RossDonald Moss
David NeilsonLawton
Shay GormanMolloy- Chris DarwinSnowy Malone
Jean HeywoodMary Malone- Tony ScoggoRitchie Malone
James EllisWino
Clive RussellPoliceman
Paul BarberScotty
Tony HaygarthAich
Ricky TomlinsonDoctor
Episodes
0/5 watched- Episode 1: Jobs for the Boys50 min · Oct 10, 1982
- Episode 2: Moonlighter50 min · Oct 17, 1982
- Episode 3: Shop Thy Neighbour50 min · Oct 24, 1982
- Episode 4: Yosser's Story50 min · Oct 31, 1982
- Episode 5: George's Last Ride50 min · Nov 7, 1982
