Boys from the Blackstuff
Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

(1982)
NR
7.7/10
16 votes
50 min/ep
October 10, 1982
"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.

Network

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Miniseries

Miniseries

5 EpisodesAir Date: October 10, 1982

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