Boys from the Blackstuff

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British television drama television series

Boys from the Blackstuff is a critically acclaimed early-1980s British television drama series depicting the struggles of unemployed working-class men in Liverpool during a period of economic hardship.

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Boys from the Blackstuff canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television drama ⓘ
television series ⓘ
basedOn The Black Stuff ⓘ
broadcastFormat miniseries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Alan Bleasdale ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
depicts economic hardship ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
filmingLocation Liverpool ⓘ
firstAired 1982 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Chrissie Todd ⓘ
Dixie Dean ⓘ
George Malone ⓘ
Loggo Lomond ⓘ
Yosser Hughes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableQuote Gizza job ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 5 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC Two ⓘ
surface form: BBC2
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC ⓘ
originalRunEnd November 1982 ⓘ
originalRunStart October 1982 ⓘ
portraysActor Alan Igbon ⓘ
Bernard Hill ⓘ
Michael Angelis ⓘ
Peter Kerrigan ⓘ
Tom Georgeson ⓘ
precededBy The Black Stuff ⓘ
producedInYear 1982 ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
setInLocation Liverpool ⓘ
setInPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
settingContext Thatcherism ⓘ
surface form: Thatcher government economic policies
subjectMatter benefits system in the UK ⓘ
effects of deindustrialisation ⓘ
theme dignity of labour ⓘ
masculinity and identity ⓘ
mass unemployment in Thatcher-era Britain ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
writer Alan Bleasdale ⓘ

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Bernard Hill → notableWork → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Bernard Hill → appearedIn → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Yosser Hughes → fictionalUniverse → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Yosser Hughes → appearsIn → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Alan Bleasdale → notableWork → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Alan Bleasdale → wrote → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Alan Bleasdale → subjectOf → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ
Michael Wearing → notableWork → Boys from the Blackstuff ⓘ