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Boys from the Blackstuff

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Synopsis

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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Cast

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

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