Boys from the Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and their revered older friend, retired longshoreman and union leader, George Malone. As they struggle to make ends meet in a depressed economy, and to hold together their financially battered families, they are harrassed by the petty bureaucrats of the DHSS. But the lumbering investigational juggernaut is, both comically and tragically, guided by drivers with only a provisional license.

• Bernard HillYosser Hughes
• Michael AngelisChrissie Todd
• Tom GeorgesonDixie Dean
• Alan IgbonLoggo Logmond
• Peter KerriganGeorge Malone
• Gary BleasdaleKevin Dean
• Julie WaltersAngie Todd
• Jean BohtMiss Sutcliffe
• David FleeshmanD.O.E Assistant Manager
• David RossDonald Moss
• David NeilsonLawton
• Shay GormanMolloy