Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
- Genre
- drama television series, miniseries
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 5 episodes
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This British drama miniseries follows a group of unemployed construction workers in Liverpool during the early 1980s. It shows how they struggle with poverty and joblessness while trying to maintain their dignity and humor.
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What happens
Boys from the Blackstuff is a five episode British drama television series, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, as a sequel to a television play titled The Black Stuff. The British Film Institute described it as a "seminal drama series... a warm, humorous but ultimately tragic look at the way economics affect ordinary people… TV's most complete dramatic response to the Thatcher era and as a lament to the end of a male, working class British culture." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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