Rent Boys from the Blackstuff: Series (1982)
4.2 of 5 from 73 ratings
5h 5min
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- Synopsis:
- Includes the original Play for Today as well as the complete BBC TV series that swept the awards board in 1982 and has been talked about ever since. Alan Bleasdale's chronicles of the lives of a group of tarmac layers - Chrissie (with a powerful performance by Julie Walters as his wife, Angie), Loggo, Dixie, George and Yosser - bitterly dramatised the frustrations suffered by a fruitless search for work and an antagonistic social security system. Though harrowing and uncompromising, the stories, laced with scouse wit and humour became a seminal series.
- Actors:
- Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Alan Igbon, Peter Kerrigan, Tom Georgeson, Gary Bleasdale, Timothy Bleasdale, Shay Gorman, Tamana Bleasdale, Jamie Bleasdale
- Directors:
- Philip Saville, Jim Goddard
- Producers:
- Michael Wearing, David Rose
- Writers:
- Alan Bleasdale
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: A Hard Day's Night, People of the Pictures, Remembering: Bernard Hill
