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.
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Top Cast
Bernard Hill
Yosser Hughes · 5 eps
Michael Angelis
Chrissie Todd · 5 eps
Tom Georgeson
Dixie Dean · 5 eps
Alan Igbon
Loggo Logmond · 5 eps
Peter Kerrigan
George Malone · 5 eps
Gary Bleasdale
Kevin Dean · 5 eps
Julie Walters
Angie Todd · 5 eps
Jean Boht
Miss Sutcliffe · 5 eps
David Fleeshman
D.O.E Assistant Manager · 5 eps
David Ross
Donald Moss · 5 eps
David Neilson
Lawton · 5 eps
Shay Gorman
Molloy · 5 eps
Chris Darwin
Snowy Malone · 5 eps
Jean Heywood
Mary Malone · 5 eps
Tony Scoggo
Ritchie Malone · 5 eps
James Ellis
Wino · 5 eps
Clive Russell
Policeman · 5 eps
Paul Barber
Scotty · 5 eps
Tony Haygarth
Aich · 5 eps
Ricky Tomlinson
Doctor · 5 eps
