Boys from the Blackstuff
| Boys from the Blackstuff | |
|---|---|
The opening of the first episode of the series | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Alan Bleasdale |
| Directed by | Philip Saville |
| Starring | Bernard Hill Michael Angelis Alan Igbon Peter Kerrigan Tom Georgeson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 (including original Play for Today episode) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Michael Wearing |
| Running time | 65 mins approx |
| Production company | BBC (BBC Birmingham) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | October 10 – November 7, 1982 |
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."