Boys From The Black Stuff (1989) DVD

Boys From The Black Stuff

All five of Alan Bleasdale's acclaimed series of plays.

Starring	Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Tom Georgeson, Julie Walters
Director	Philip Saville
Studio	BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING
Run time	DVD: 5 hrs 6 mins
Certificate
Genres	Television
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	DVD: 26 May 2003 Production year: 1989
Format	DVD

Boys From The Black Stuff (3 discs) (1989)

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22 out of 23 people found this review helpful

Stunning and still fresh

This series gripped a nation - rather like Cathy Come Home had about a decade earlier. The characters are vivid, and the storyline ticks over with the reliable chunter of a trusty blue transit. You are quickly immersed in the hand to mouth life of a scouser tarmac gang, working in the 80s. Its hard hitting - throwing a good many rocks at the 'hard' Social Security people - and gives hugely sympathetic accounts of the main characters.

Right now, many London building sites are crammed full of illegal workers from Eastern Europe probably experiencing the same grim, vulnerable toil that Bleasdale depicted in this amazing series.
- - A customer from Devon, UK.
  - Posted 04 Dec 2003 17:52
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Hilarious, but so true it hurts!

I can't believe nobody has reviewed this series.I thought it was so good, I bought the series.

It first started with a 'Play for today' called simply 'Blackstuff' that had such an impact on people in the 80's, an inevitable series sprang from it, which was compelling viewing from start to end.

It will make you cry with both sadness and laughter, but above all it will give an honest insight into Thatcher's Britain amongst the working class of Liverpool in the 1980's.

Julie Walters, Bernaed Hughes and Michael Angelis are just 3 of the stars who went on to brilliant careers.

Although it now looks a little dated, it's still a series not to be missed..........and I'm not afraid to put my name to it.
- - David Pyecroft from Sheffield England
  - Posted 29 Jun 2006 15:14
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