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Boys from the Blackstuff

TV·1982–1982·1 season, 5 episodes·BBC Two·Drama·50m·Created by Alan Bleasdale

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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.

Castfull cast & details

Bernard HillBernard HillYosser HughesMichael AngelisMichael AngelisChrissie ToddTom GeorgesonTom GeorgesonDixie Dean
Alan Igbon
Alan IgbonLoggo LogmondPeter KerriganPeter KerriganGeorge MaloneGary BleasdaleGary BleasdaleKevin DeanJulie WaltersJulie WaltersAngie ToddJean BohtJean BohtMiss Sutcliffe

Episodes by season

Season015Episodes1982Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Boys from the Blackstuff S01E01Jobs for the BoysOctober 10, 1982—The boys sign on at the Department of Employment and then collect George's son, Snowy, on their way to an off-the-books construction job for
  2. S01E02Boys from the Blackstuff S01E02MoonlighterOctober 17, 1982—In desperation to feed and clothe his four children, Dixie takes an illicit job as a night security guard at the docks. He soon discovers th
  3. S01E03Boys from the Blackstuff S01E03Shop Thy NeighbourOctober 24, 1982—Pending the outcome of the moonlighting enquiry, Chrissie's dole money has been stopped, and this precipitates a showdown with his wife, Ang
  4. S01E04Boys from the Blackstuff S01E04Yosser's StoryOctober 31, 1982—Yosser reaches the end of the line as the utility men, rent collectors, and social workers invade his home. Why on earth doesn't he turn his
  5. S01E05Boys from the Blackstuff S01E05George's Last RideNovember 7, 1982—As George's health declines, his belief in the values of Old Labour remain unshaken. Chrissie takes him for one last tour of the now-abandon

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