Boys from the Blackstuff
TV series that defined the depression-scarred 1980s Britain
Air Date: 10/10/1982
Imdb: tt0083689
Popularity: 10.403
Vote: 7.8/10 (15)
Last Aired: 11/7/1982 12:00:00AM
Next Aired:
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1 - Info
Networks: BBC Two

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.