Boys from the blackstuff /
Boys from the black stuff
- 3 videodiscs (305 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features: "The black stuff" (Play for today) with commentary by writer Alan Bleasdale and director Jim Goddard.
Director, Philip Saville ; producer, Michael Wearing ; writer, Alan Bleasdale. Director, Philip Saville ; producer, Michael Wearing ; writer, Alan Bleasdale.
Michael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Bernard hill, Alan Igbon, Peter Kerrigan, Julie Walters.
Alan Bleasdale's chronicles of the lives of a group of tarmac layers .... bitterly dramatised the frustrations suffered by a fruitless search for work and an antagonistic social security system. Though harrowing and uncompromising, the storeis, laced with scouse wit and humour became a seminal series.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over.
DVD, PAL, Regions 2 + 4, Dolby digital mono, 4:3 aspect ratio. Produced for region 2 (Europe); user must have a DVD player that will play region 2 DVDs.
5014503117825
BBCDVD 1178 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Blue collar workers--Great Britain--Drama. Unemployment--Great Britain--Drama. Television programs--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century--Drama.