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10/10/1982 Drama 0h 50m
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TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain

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

  1. Bernard Hill

    Yosser Hughes

  2. Michael Angelis

    Chrissie Todd

  3. Tom Georgeson

    Dixie Dean

  4. Alan Igbon

    Loggo Logmond

  5. Peter Kerrigan

    George Malone

  6. Gary Bleasdale

    Kevin Dean

  7. Julie Walters

    Angie Todd

  8. Jean Boht

    Miss Sutcliffe

  9. David Fleeshman

    D.O.E Assistant Manager

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Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1982 | 5 Episodes

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Boys from the Blackstuff

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