BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF (PART 1) (1989)
PHILIP SAVILLE
Plot
The first 3 episodes of Alan Bleasdale's hilarious yet hardhitting TV drama, set against the bleak backdrop of jobless 80s Liverpool caused a considerable controversy at the time of it's original screening and seemed to hit a chord with the viewers. Cries of "Giz a job" were chanted from the stands of Anfield football ground. Bleasdale's characters captured the emotional damage caused by living in a city with no work..