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7.8 1 Seasons • 5 Episodes

Boys from the Blackstuff

"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.

Seasons

Top 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

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.

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