Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff
The opening of the first episode of the series
GenreDrama
Created byAlan Bleasdale
Directed byPhilip Saville
StarringBernard Hill
Michael Angelis
Alan Igbon
Peter Kerrigan
Tom Georgeson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes6 (including original Play for Today episode)
Production
ProducerMichael Wearing
Running time65 mins approx
Production companyBBC (BBC Birmingham)
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release10 October (10 October 1982) –
7 November 1982 (7 November 1982)
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Boys from the Blackstuff is a five episode British drama television series, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2.

The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, as a sequel to a television play titled The Black Stuff. The British Film Institute described it as a "seminal drama series... a warm, humorous but ultimately tragic look at the way economics affect ordinary people… TV's most complete dramatic response to the Thatcher era and as a lament to the end of a male, working class British culture."[1]

  1. ^ Wickham, Phil (4 September 2006). "BFI TV 100 – 7: Boys from the Blackstuff". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2006.