Boys From The Black Stuff

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Is anyone watching this?

I haven't seen it again since it came out. I lived on Merseyside at the time and the deprivation and lack of support for people facing hard times pictured in the film was normal then. Seeing it again nearly 30 years later it's pretty shocking and more moving than I remembered.

[KidKruger]

Got the boxed set on DVD a few weeks ago, classic drama, the episode where the lads get ripped-off by the Irish/traveller fellas is so sad.

[woofmarkthedog]

" I'm with you "b]

* did I just say I'm with you ? "

( I meant to say "I'm with you " )

"I'm with you "

W**F

[Atticus]

Still stands as one of the greatest dramas of the modern era.

[ImpetuousVrouw]

It took 20 years living in London for me to stop thinking that Birkenhead was the grimest place on earth. I go back now and it seems green and pleasant, but this film has brought back some of the awful memories of living there in the 1980's.

[ontheedge]

Watched 1st time round never left me

[ImpetuousVrouw]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> " I'm with you "b]

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> * did I just say I'm with you ? "

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> ( I meant to say "I'm with you " )

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> "I'm with you "

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> W**F

In English please Woofman, or at least with subtitles for the hard of thinking like me!

[Atticus]

Does anyone remember another series of the same era , 'One Summer'? Now that really has stayed with me.

[HAL9000]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> I'm ...

I saw what you wrote before the edit - was that a Freudian slip or what? :)

[Team C]

I watched it again & as expected, its pretty disturbing to me still, as I remember the various storylines.

But its not all bad though. Lady Thatcher is not going to around much longer ( little bit of politics there ... )

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Good timing by the BBC with the impending cuts by the ConDems. There may be some deja vu coming up.

[Team C]

Thank fuck the havent shown Jim Cartwrights "Road" again. still spooks to to this day.

[Emerson Crane]

Yosser hughes portrayed by Bernard Hill, is poignant and very very moving.

[DJKillaQueen]

It was one of the defining dramas of the 80's.

[woofmarkthedog]

HAL9000 Wrote:

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> woofmarkthedog Wrote:

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> > I'm ...

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> I saw what you wrote before the edit - was that a

> Freudian slip or what? :)

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Ha...

No Hal just my usual mucking about

* closes back door & turns key in lock *

Funny though

W**F

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Fess up then Woofy! I missed it.

[RosieH]

Am irritated it isn't on iplayer - only caught one episode so far. If anyone has in on DVD they'd be willing to lend, I'd really love to see the whole series.

[louisiana]

Not on iplayer? Bum. Must be a rights problem.

"Gi'us a job, I can do that" is part of my repertoire. In fact I used it twice last week.

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Yeh I loved it when he said the the rent collector's henchman,

"Gizza job. I can do that. Carry stuff. I can carry stuff. Go on, gizza job."

Or the guy groundsman, "I can walk in straight lines, I can do that. Gizza job".

Hard as an adult watching him cracking up though. I didn't understand it properly when I saw it first time it came out.

[Emerson Crane]

Watching Yosser's descent from a confident, self reliant man, into a shambling wreck is one of those "there but for the grace of god go I" moments. Very powerful.

[dita-on-tees]

Damn not on iplayer, my tv doesnt really work all that well. what night is it on?

[waynetta]

No iplayer and telly up the creek. I reckon the Chilean miners had more fun in the evenings then you do.

[ImpetuousVrouw]

It was on Sunday - BBC4 at 9pm. I think there are one or two more episodes to go.