Yosser Hughes

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Yosser Hughes is a fictional, unemployed Liverpudlian laborer from the British TV drama "Boys from the Blackstuff," known for his desperate catchphrase "Gizza job."

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Yosser Hughes canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Boys from the Blackstuff
The Black Stuff
associatedLocation Liverpool
associatedTheme economic hardship
unemployment
working-class struggle
catchphrase Gizza job
characterTrait desperate
proud
volatile
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Alan Bleasdale
creatorOfCharacter Alan Bleasdale
culturalImpact catchphrase "Gizza job" became widely used in British popular culture
employmentStatus unemployed
ethnicOrCulturalIdentity Liverpudlian
famousFor repeatedly asking for work with the line "Gizza job"
fictionalGender male
fictionalMaritalStatus separated
fictionalUniverse Boys from the Blackstuff
firstAppearance The Black Stuff
genreOfWork drama
hasChildren yes
languageOfCharacter English
medium television
narrativeRole symbol of working-class unemployment in early 1980s Britain
nationality British
notableScene head-butting a priest while demanding help
pleading for work on building sites
occupation labourer
originalNetwork BBC
partOfEnsemble group of unemployed labourers in Boys from the Blackstuff
placeOfOrigin Liverpool
portrayalStyle social realism
portrayedBy Bernard Hill
symbolizes despair of long-term unemployment
loss of dignity through joblessness
timePeriodDepicted early 1980s

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Bernard Hill portrayed Yosser Hughes