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Aro Recommended Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series)

 

UK 1989, 314 minutes
Dir. Philip Saville
Rating: [M]
Genres: Television, Drama

 

Aroview: Alan Bleasdale's series of plays vividly encapsulates the bleaker side of life in Thatcher's Liverpool.

Beginning with the feature-length teleplay 'The Blackstuff' we are introduced into the lives of five unemployed labourers and their schemes to outwit the dole-office, bill-collectors and boredom. This was followed by a six episode series.

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DVD Features

  • audio commentary
  • 'making of' documentary / featurette
  • aspect ratio: 4:3
  • 3-disc set
 

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