• Film ID:
  • 11550
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=100 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • Britain.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • English.
THE BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF DISC 1 (1982)
(The Original Play and First Episode)
Cast
Peter Kerrigan. Michael Angelis. Julie Walters. Tom Georgeson. Bernard Hill. Pete Postlethwaite. Alan Igbon.
Director(s)
Philip Saville.
Categories
Made for TV. Drama. Comedy. 01 Nigel's Choice. Politics. Recommended.
Review
This hardhitting TV drama caused controversy at the time of it's screening, Bleasdale's characters capturing the despair of poverty in a bleak jobless 80s Liverpool and hitting a chord with the viewers - "gissa' job!" becoming a national catchphrase.
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