Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)

Boys from the Blackstuff

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.

Boys from the Blackstuff

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    The black stuff

  • 0x2

    The muscle market

  • 0x3

    Bernard hill remembers... boys from the blackstuff

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Jobs for the boys

  • 1x2

    Moonlighter

  • 1x3

    Shop thy neighbour

  • 1x4

    Yosser's story

  • 1x5

    George's last ride

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