S01E01 Jobs for the Boys
The boys sign on at the Department of Employment and then collect George's son, Snowy, on their way to an off-the-books construction job for Malloy. Much to their amusement, the conversion job turns out to...
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain
S01E03: Shop Thy Neighbour
Pending the outcome of the moonlighting enquiry, Chrissie's dole money has been stopped, and this precipitates a showdown with his wife, Angie. Meanwhile, at the D.O.E., middle management is completely out of control since the Manager, Miss Sutcliffe, has more important things to worry about than running her department. As Chrissie and Angie's row reaches its climax, violence erupts.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Moonlighter
In desperation to feed and clothe his four children, Dixie takes an illicit job as a night security guard at the docks. He soon discovers that one man alone on a ship at night can...
S01E03 Shop Thy Neighbour
Pending the outcome of the moonlighting enquiry, Chrissie's dole money has been stopped, and this precipitates a showdown with his wife, Angie. Meanwhile, at the D.O.E., middle management is completely out of control since the...
S01E04 Yosser's Story
Yosser reaches the end of the line as the utility men, rent collectors, and social workers invade his home. Why on earth doesn't he turn his three small children over to his estranged wife, Maureen,...
S01E05 George's Last Ride
As George's health declines, his belief in the values of Old Labour remain unshaken. Chrissie takes him for one last tour of the now-abandoned docklands where he once worked, and they have what may well...
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
David Neilson
Lawton
Shay Gorman
Molloy
