Gary Strodders shank 1:08 Thu Jul 14
The Boys From The Blackstuff
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Currently on BBC 4 the Yosser Hughes episode.
Brilliant performance from Bernard Hill
I forgot how good this series was.
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mallard
1:22 Thu Jul 14
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Cheers Shankster - I haven't seen these since the eighties, they're all on Catchup
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WHU(Exeter)
3:00 Thu Jul 14
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In my top 3 of things I’ve ever watched on the tv. About the only thing I can remember virtually.scene to scene. It was/is absolutely brilliant.
Same time as the BBC used to put some good stuff on Play for today as well.
What a shadow of itself it’s become.
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Alfs
5:46 Thu Jul 14
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Loved it. Great cast, great writing, great everything. I recall Daglish turning up in one episode.
There's a lot of hatred towards Scousers on WHO, but they've produced incredible talent. Musicians, actors, poets, writers, and the odd footballer or two.
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Nagel
8:40 Thu Jul 14
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BBC4 are going to be showing a lot of classic drama on Wednesday nights, including The SInging Detective, Our friends in the north and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Apparently this is part of BBC4's new remit of becoming an archive channel. About the only thing the BBC's good for.
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Nagel
8:42 Thu Jul 14
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"I recall Daglish turning up in one episode."
You sure you don't mean Graeme Souness? The joke was that he and Yosser looked the same with the tache.
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Nagel
8:50 Thu Jul 14
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Alfs, maybe you're thinking of Scully, another Scouse drama by Alan Bleasdale, which Dalglish was in quite a bit of.
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Syd Puddefoot
9:35 Thu Jul 14
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Seem to recall it was Souness and also Sammy Lee. Yosser saying to Souness "You look like me".
Very good stuff, very funny but tragically hard hitting.
The dialogue from Yosser's confessional.
I'm desperate Father.
Call me Dan
I'm desperate. Dan.
Brilliant.
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Sven Roeder
10:11 Thu Jul 14
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Rtaher than show all those classics Nagel mentioned below on bbc4 I'd be in favour of them being on prime time bbc1.
And ditch EastEnders & all the dancing & cooking shit to make way.
Would save millions & raise the TONE immeasurably
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zebthecat
10:26 Thu Jul 14
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Syd Puddefoot 9:35 Thu Jul 14
Alan Bleasedale is a great writer.
GBH was hilariously brilliant as well.
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Westham67
10:36 Thu Jul 14
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I saw that a while back on Britbox Richard Hill is a great actor
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Nagel
10:42 Thu Jul 14
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Bleasdale also wrote The Monocled Mutineer, which hopefully they'll show again this year as well.
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jack flash
11:18 Thu Jul 14
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A truly brilliant series from back in the day when the BBC put out some good programmes, unlike the utter dross they show today
The original 'pilot' episode before the series rarely gets shown for some reason and people who never saw the pilot will no doubt wonder why they keep referring to 'Middlesborough' in the series
In fact, I think the 'Middlesborough' episode is one of the best as it demonstrates the start of the downfall of the boys
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Takashi Miike
11:37 Thu Jul 14
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Shank, you may have already seen it but GBH by Bleasdale is another classic. Full of brilliant performances but Robert Lyndsay & Michael Palin steal the show
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Takashi Miike
11:43 Thu Jul 14
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Derek Hatton appearing on Ch4's Right To Apply not long after GBH was broadcast
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-z90dh5ScE
for me, the greatest ever mini series
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Gary Strodders shank
12:18 Thu Jul 14
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Takashi Miike
GBH was indeed another great production
Rory McCrath another blast from the past on that Right to Reply.
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Takashi Miike
12:25 Thu Jul 14
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Hatton makes me laugh, I remember when that aired. He pretends he didn't like the attention :.)
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Hermit Road
12:31 Thu Jul 14
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"Apparently this is part of BBC4's new remit of becoming an archive channel. About the only thing the BBC's good for."
That is excellent news and you're absolutely correct.
Given that we paid for all that stuff already, it should be made available on iplayer, the lot of it. That would be a much better use of the license fee.
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Sydney_Iron
12:47 Thu Jul 14
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Boys from the Blackstuff is superb TV, back when mini series could be made without having to pander to the madness and fear of offence we see in so many modern day efforts, doubt it would be made these days, well not in the way it was back in the 80,s? Not woke enough, Sexist, homophobic, demeaning to the people of Liverpool take your pick.
GBH as mentioned was another! Fantastic TV back in the day.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
2:33 Thu Jul 14
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Chriiiiisst Chrissssssie!
Julie Walters and the late great Michael Angelis finally shaking off the mantle of Cousin Lucien out of The Liver Birds - strokes rabbit...
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Hammer-ed
6:31 Thu Jul 14
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Syd I recall Sounness left Yosser a bottle of champagne before he left and Yosser said to himself " I could have been a footballer. ........but l had a paper round". Classic!
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