Boys from the Blackstuff(1982)
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.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Yosser Hughes
Chrissie Todd
Dixie Dean
Loggo Logmond
George Malone
Kevin Dean
Angie Todd
Miss Sutcliffe
D.O.E Assistant Manager
Donald Moss
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