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.

Cast

Bernard Hill

Yosser Hughes

Michael Angelis

Chrissie Todd

Tom Georgeson

Dixie Dean

Alan Igbon

Loggo Logmond

Peter Kerrigan

George Malone

Gary Bleasdale

Kevin Dean

Julie Walters

Angie Todd

Jean Boht

Miss Sutcliffe

David Fleeshman

D.O.E Assistant Manager

David Ross

Donald Moss