Boys from the Blackstuff

Season 1 - Boys from the Blackstuff

• Season 1 Episode 5: George's Last Ride The lads' respected mentor George comes home from hospital to be with his family, fully aware he's living on borrowed time : and when he does finally pass away, it seems their last vestiges of hope have died with him. Final part of Alan Bleasdale's acclaimed drama, starring Peter Kerrigan, Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill and Alan Igbon
• Season 1 Episode 4: Yosser's Story Yosser battles to hold his family together following his wife's departure, but with an increasingly fragile mental state and the police and social services closing in, he faces an uphill struggle. Bernard Hill stars in the role that won him a Bafta and introduced the catchphrase 'gis a job' to the world
• Season 1 Episode 3: Shop Thy Neighbour Chrissie and his wife Angie are driven to despair over their financial problems, to say nothing of their constant hounding from the Department of Employment investigators. Michael Angelis, Julie Walters, Jean Boht and Alan Igbon star
• Season 1 Episode 2: Moonlighter Dixie, the lads' bitter ex-foreman, continues to sign on the dole while working nights as a security guard on the docks : and when a Department of Employment investigator calls, his wife is convinced they're being spied on. Second part of Alan Bleasdale's drama, starring Tom Georgeson
• Season 1 Episode 1: Jobs for the Boys Alan Bleasdale's acclaimed early Eighties drama about life on the dole in Liverpool. In episode one, Chrissie and Loggo sign on then head off for some cash-in-hand short-term work on a building site : unaware that the benefit office fraud investigators are hot on their trail. Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill and Alan Igbon star