Boys From the Blackstuff: Past era that has insidious echoes today | Theatre | Entertainment
Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 television series captured the mood of Britain like few dramas before or since. Unemployment has rarely been explored with such maudlin wit and the characters etched themselves into the national consciousness, particularly Michael Angelis’ good-hearted Chrissie and Yosser ‘Gizza job’ Hughes immortalised by the late, great Bernard Hill. James Graham’s stage adaptation … Read more
