Boys from the blackstuff: The complete series [videorecording]
2000
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Place reservation for Boys from the blackstuff: The complete series [videorecording]All five episodes of the British drama which follows five unemployed men in Liverpool in the early 1980s. The pressures they face increase as they struggle to find work and provide for their families whilst battling with benefits fraud officers. Chrissie (Michael Angelis) is driven to extreme measures to feed his family while Yosser (Bernard Hill) fights to retain custody of his children and finds his mental health rapidly declining as a result. The episodes are: 'Jobs for the Boys', 'Moonlighter', 'Shop Thy Neighbour', 'Yosser's Story' and 'George's Last Ride'.
Main title:
Boys from the blackstuff: The complete series [videorecording] / producer, Michael Wearing.
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Imprint:
DO NOT USE, 2000.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (306 min.) : sd, col.
Notes:
Region 0 DVD.Series originally shown on BBC TV in 1985.Extra features: interactive menus and scene access.Region 0, 2 disc(s), Disc format DVD 10 single layer/double sided, Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English).Made in 1982.DVDN.Dolby Digital.Credits: director, Philip Saville; writer, Alan Bleasdale.
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Cast: Cast: Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Alan Igbon, Peter Kerrigan, Tom Georgeson, Shay Gorman, Julie Walters, Chris Darwin.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.457
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Index terms:
Unemployment City life Dole
BRN:
9016
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