Boys from the Blackstuff

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Bernard Hill Yosser Hughes

Michael Angelis Chrissie Todd

Tom Georgeson Dixie Dean

Alan Igbon Loggo Logmond

Peter Kerrigan George Malone