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Boys from the Blackstuff

TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain

7.8(19)19821 season · 5 episodes50m / ep
Drama

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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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Last aired
1982-11-07
Language
English
  • BBC Two
  • northern england
  • miniseries
  • working class
  • unemployment

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United Kingdom

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Air dates

First aired
1982-10-10
Latest episode
1982-11-07
Status
Ended
Next release
Completed
  • Miniseries10 Oct 1982

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