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Boys from the Blackstuff

TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain

7.81982 · 1 season

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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.

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Status: Ended
First air date: October 10, 1982
Last air date: November 7, 1982
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Episode runtime: 50m
Network: BBC Two
Original language: EN

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