Michael Angelis
Chrissie Todd
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- 1. Jobs For the Boys Oct 10, 1982
- Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on before heading off to work for Malloy.
- 2. Moonlighter Oct 17, 1982
- Dixie takes a night shift job down at the local docks and is drawn into something he never imagined.
- 3. Shop Thy Neighbour Oct 24, 1982
- Chrissie and Angie are driven to despair by money problems and the DoE investigators.
Boys from the Blackstuff: With Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Alan Igbon, Peter Kerrigan. Five unemployed men would do anything just to have a job in Thatcher's Britain.
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- 1982-10-10
- Drama
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- The Black Stuff
- Boys from The Blackstuff
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The television play The Black Stuff was originally written by Bleasdale and directed by Jim Goddard for BBC1's Play for Today anthology series in 1978. After filming however, the play was not transmitted until 2 January 1980. It concerned a group of Liverpudlian tarmac layers (hence the title, 'the black stuff' being a slang term for tarmac) on a j...
The series Boys from the Blackstuff follows the stories of the five now-unemployed men who lost their jobs following the events of the original play The Black Stuff. Set in Bleasdale's home city of Liverpool, and reflecting many of his own experiences of life in the city, each episode focuses on a different member of the group. The series was highl...
The series was so successful upon its original broadcast that only nine weeks after it had finished transmission, it was re-shown on the higher-profile BBC1. It was also transmitted again on BBC2 as part of that station's 25th anniversary season in 1989. In 1983 it won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial, and in 2000 was plac...
The Black Stuff
The Black Stuff was the original television play directed by Jim Goddard and is the precursor to the 1982 Boys from the Blackstuff series. The main characters Yosser, Loggo, Chrissie, George, Dixie and his son, Kevin, were introduced in it. It follows the group as they set off from Liverpool to undertake a casual tarmac laying job on a new housing development in Middlesbrough. The episode was produced in 1978 but was not broadcast until 1980. Along the way at a motorway service station, the g...
Jobs for the Boys
Featuring most of the characters from the initial drama. They take a cash-in-hand job on a building site whilst still claiming unemployment benefit. Typical of the show's humour, it is later revealed that the building being renovated is going to be used by the Department of Employment. They are followed by the authorities and Snowy Malone (Chris Darwin), a plasterer, falls to his death trying to flee during a subsequent raid by the "sniffers" (social security officers working undercover).
Moonlighter
Follows Dixie Dean (Tom Georgeson) in his new position as a security guard, where he is strongarmed into accepting bribes for allowing the removal of goods under his charge in a docked ship. Apart from Dixie's son Kevin this episode also features Chrissie, Loggo and George, the other members of the original gang, during a scene prior to Malone's funeral.
The series, including the original play The Black Stuff was released on DVD as a three-disc set by BBC Worldwidein 2003. A companion to the series is the book Boys from the Blackstuff, the making of TV drama, by Bob Millington and Robin Nelson.
The Black Stuff at IMDb (the original Play for Todayplay)- Drama
Boys from the Blackstuff. Alan Bleasdale's acclaimed drama. A tender, tragic portrait of life on Merseyside in the Thatcher era. With memorable performances by Bernard Hill and Julie...
Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Mini Series 1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Boys from the Blackstuff. Yosser, alone with custody of his children takes desperate measures to get a job. Yosser looks like the pressure of life has finally beaten him. Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on before heading off to work for Malloy.
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.
May 30, 2024 · ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’ concerns the titular group of male Liverpudlian labourers, who as the play begins have already lost their jobs laying tarmac (‘the blackstuff’) due to their...
