Boys from the Blackstuff

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.

Series details

First air date

1982

Last air date

1982

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

5

Episode runtime

50 min

Genres

Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC Two

Created by

Alan Bleasdale

Production

BBC

Cast

Bernard Hill

Yosser Hughes

Michael Angelis

Chrissie Todd

Tom Georgeson

Dixie Dean

A

Alan Igbon

Loggo Logmond

Peter Kerrigan

George Malone

Gary Bleasdale

Kevin Dean