This series was a real shock to the system when it started. The Black Stuff was a one-off BBC comedy play where the lads got turned over by a bunch of do-as-you-likeys when they were out tarmacing driveways. Yosser is just about to kill them all when his van runs out of squirt. That's how it ended. Anyone expecting more light hearted humour soon learned otherwise . It got the mood of the country spot on during Thatcher's reign of terror.
Very powerful performances and such realism, the 80s was a very bleak decade, was cold and everything seemed to be dying, Jobs were very hard to find, even after these problems of the last year it was nothing to the 80s, I left school had to go on a YTS £15.00 a week, schooling was terrible no proper trained teachers left with nothing. This show brings those bleak times back to me. Things are hard now but not like back then. Great post.
I was'nt alive in the early 80's. But I thaught that todays troubles are actually worse. Because now, unlike the early 80's. Entire coutries are effectively bankrupt, like Rep of Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain. But still great post thanks for the info.
@JONNOG88 Is different now back in the 80s everywere you looked was derelict. Its hard to explain but I know today we have a lot of unemployed and finance troubles but back then was a time of great trouble, miners were getting layed off we had a terrible Thatcher government, I got a terrible job I hated had to work sometimes 50+ hours a week for a pittance. Perhaps im biased just seems better now. A show like this could only be made in the 80s.
@johnaiton We are now, the current government is gonna make sure of that. They want to increase the gap between rich and poor and make life all about right wing cultural idealism, without considering peoples basic needs. A lot of people are going to suffer, recession or no recession.
Just watched this for the first time in years god it brings it all back i had forgotten just how bad it was then its just to raw and too close to the bone for me i was in tears watching this.
samtranz youve got on your site michael jackson as one of your favourites.If he was alive today you wouldnt let him join your beloved BNP because of the colour of his skin.You are totally fucked up,ALLOW US ALL TO GET ON WITH ONE AND OTHER,KEEP YOUR VILE TO YOURSELF
BNP ? do you fuckers live in the real world.This had nothing to do with immigration,it was thatchers idea of the destruction of this country and creating bastards like you
loved the show when i waz 7, yosser was my hero, love george & chrisse, had a pint in the baltic last feb. wile over watchin EVERTON from Ireland. hope george. pints on the bar
tell ya wot rite most of the things filmed in liverpool where filmed round the dingle where bread was filmed in elswick street and 51st state that lads mum (cant remember his name) her house was in one of those streets near elswicj street
this scene from 'georges last ride' is possibly the most heartbreaking scene i have ever witnessed on film...i'm now a grown man and lived through the thatcher years in liverpool as a lad and could not see a future through all of the desparation and hardship. i remember watching it on tv and it was quite emotional then and it still brings a tear nearly 30 years on..the accompanying music score is brilliantly melancholic and the acting truly natural..bleasedales best ever scene in my opinion...
Can't agree more Tom. The "sheeple" are happy and zombified so long as they have their mass produced (opiets) of sport,soaps,celeb t.v. and films/computer games. Government knows this and so is keen to promote all of these things,while they get on with the important business of ruining Britain brick by brick. P.C rules the roost,hug a hoodie and soft touch murderers prison sentences don't seem to bother the sheeple.Don't become those people folks.Ever.
glad to read someone still has their eye on the ball Tom .. the opium(s) are currently useful to keep the sheep from complaining, in fact I dont know anyone now who would know how to
Thirty years after Thatcher said there was 'alternative' to destroying all the George Malones and what they stood for, the old working class communities have drugs, knife crime and hoodies. The 'new' middle class have been ruined and can't pay their mortgages. More people take antidepressants than any time in history. Culturally, dumbing down and celeb obession has replaced religion as the 'opium of the masses'. Britain's integrity is a joke after years asking 'how high?' when America said jump.
gobshite.
Stone2home 3 months ago
yes it seems like yesterday
bilbobagins1951 4 months ago
Today, the likes of Doctor Who are classed as adult drama on the BBC. Wasn't always like that.
dirkbogarde44 6 months ago
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dirkbogarde44 6 months ago
Watch this day Thatcher dies and spit on the vile bitch's grave
IEatManure 7 months ago 2
this bit always has me in bits...superb acting
jelleyman123 7 months ago
How could Peter Kerrigan have died in 1977 when this was filmed in 1981?
TheFamilySlitheen 9 months ago
This particular scene is just too painful.
teddingtontcu 9 months ago
Best mini-series ever!
And as relevant today as it was back then.
JONNOG88 1 year ago
@JONNOG88 definately coming. God help us.
mikeclark99999 9 months ago
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JONNOG88 1 year ago
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JONNOG88 1 year ago
best thing ever on tele
L1Scouser 1 year ago
can anyone tell me if peter kerrigan is still alive.if not when did he pass away
jezcat22 1 year ago
@jezcat22 He died in 1977.
scrumpbee 1 year ago
I knew Peter (George) he was a wonderful man.
themanfromutopia1 1 year ago
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can anyone tell me if peter kerrigan is still alive.if not when did he pass away
jezcat22 1 year ago
Alan Bleasdale should be knighted & Willy Russell genius writers !
wataf211110 1 year ago
Brilliant.
graemea67 1 year ago
this had me in bits reminds be of my old grandad
jelleyman123 1 year ago
This series was a real shock to the system when it started. The Black Stuff was a one-off BBC comedy play where the lads got turned over by a bunch of do-as-you-likeys when they were out tarmacing driveways. Yosser is just about to kill them all when his van runs out of squirt. That's how it ended. Anyone expecting more light hearted humour soon learned otherwise . It got the mood of the country spot on during Thatcher's reign of terror.
The original BBC play seems to have been lost
jellybellyterry 1 year ago
to think they were going to pull the albert dock down
britdude1961 1 year ago
Awesome program and so true to life just like now!!!
24vgaz 1 year ago
Very powerful performances and such realism, the 80s was a very bleak decade, was cold and everything seemed to be dying, Jobs were very hard to find, even after these problems of the last year it was nothing to the 80s, I left school had to go on a YTS £15.00 a week, schooling was terrible no proper trained teachers left with nothing. This show brings those bleak times back to me. Things are hard now but not like back then. Great post.
AlannTH 1 year ago 11
@AlannTH
Really??.
I was'nt alive in the early 80's. But I thaught that todays troubles are actually worse. Because now, unlike the early 80's. Entire coutries are effectively bankrupt, like Rep of Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain. But still great post thanks for the info.
JONNOG88 9 months ago
@JONNOG88 Is different now back in the 80s everywere you looked was derelict. Its hard to explain but I know today we have a lot of unemployed and finance troubles but back then was a time of great trouble, miners were getting layed off we had a terrible Thatcher government, I got a terrible job I hated had to work sometimes 50+ hours a week for a pittance. Perhaps im biased just seems better now. A show like this could only be made in the 80s.
AlannTH 9 months ago
@JONNOG88 In the 80's, countries like Portugal and Spain were still relatively poor.
dirkbogarde44 6 months ago
We're heading back to the Thatcher days.
johnaiton 2 years ago
@johnaiton We are now, the current government is gonna make sure of that. They want to increase the gap between rich and poor and make life all about right wing cultural idealism, without considering peoples basic needs. A lot of people are going to suffer, recession or no recession.
randomsamno9 1 year ago
i bet the bbc dont show this series again. nothings changed has it
dgwbuildwright 2 years ago
Just watched this for the first time in years god it brings it all back i had forgotten just how bad it was then its just to raw and too close to the bone for me i was in tears watching this.
degzilarrrrrrr 2 years ago 2
The greatest bit of British television drama ever. Untouchable.
mijahan 2 years ago
@mijahan
Exactly right.
salvadormarley 2 years ago
samtranz youve got on your site michael jackson as one of your favourites.If he was alive today you wouldnt let him join your beloved BNP because of the colour of his skin.You are totally fucked up,ALLOW US ALL TO GET ON WITH ONE AND OTHER,KEEP YOUR VILE TO YOURSELF
eatmypies 2 years ago
BNP ? do you fuckers live in the real world.This had nothing to do with immigration,it was thatchers idea of the destruction of this country and creating bastards like you
eatmypies 2 years ago 2
loved the show when i waz 7, yosser was my hero, love george & chrisse, had a pint in the baltic last feb. wile over watchin EVERTON from Ireland. hope george. pints on the bar
suildhearg 2 years ago
I believe "george" is the real grandfather of Justine Kerrigan , remember her as "Tracy corkill" in brookside .....
askskog 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Support the BNP LETS GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON ITS FEET
samtranz1 2 years ago
As relevant today as it was back then...
askskog 2 years ago 10
love this one
look at the albert dock
MrKippers22 2 years ago
SCOUSE POWER
20Lfc93 2 years ago
don't be a knob son
MrKippers22 2 years ago
Never forgot this from all those years ago. This was TV at its best and still takes some beating. From a Yorkie................. Thanks for posting.
tractionman 2 years ago
tell ya wot rite most of the things filmed in liverpool where filmed round the dingle where bread was filmed in elswick street and 51st state that lads mum (cant remember his name) her house was in one of those streets near elswicj street
joerobbo0 2 years ago
this scene from 'georges last ride' is possibly the most heartbreaking scene i have ever witnessed on film...i'm now a grown man and lived through the thatcher years in liverpool as a lad and could not see a future through all of the desparation and hardship. i remember watching it on tv and it was quite emotional then and it still brings a tear nearly 30 years on..the accompanying music score is brilliantly melancholic and the acting truly natural..bleasedales best ever scene in my opinion...
cruachan66 2 years ago 3
couldnt agree more with there mate
joerobbo0 2 years ago
well said buddy
20Lfc93 2 years ago
Can't agree more Tom. The "sheeple" are happy and zombified so long as they have their mass produced (opiets) of sport,soaps,celeb t.v. and films/computer games. Government knows this and so is keen to promote all of these things,while they get on with the important business of ruining Britain brick by brick. P.C rules the roost,hug a hoodie and soft touch murderers prison sentences don't seem to bother the sheeple.Don't become those people folks.Ever.
I uploades BB. last year It was pulled.
GooseGreen82 2 years ago
glad to read someone still has their eye on the ball Tom .. the opium(s) are currently useful to keep the sheep from complaining, in fact I dont know anyone now who would know how to
somabindicogno 2 years ago
Thirty years after Thatcher said there was 'alternative' to destroying all the George Malones and what they stood for, the old working class communities have drugs, knife crime and hoodies. The 'new' middle class have been ruined and can't pay their mortgages. More people take antidepressants than any time in history. Culturally, dumbing down and celeb obession has replaced religion as the 'opium of the masses'. Britain's integrity is a joke after years asking 'how high?' when America said jump.
TomthatiscalledTom 2 years ago
*no alternative*
TomthatiscalledTom 2 years ago
How many Georges did/do we know ? Thanks Bungle44 for uploading. The day Thatcher dies i will celebrate !
joanvoggs 2 years ago 3
i've just bought this dvd. god, is that the albert dock in 1982? before it all got revamped!!
kezncurt 3 years ago
Where did you buy the dvd, im in liverpool next weekend
dubtoffee 2 years ago
bought it off ebay
kezncurt 2 years ago
download it for free buddy... its in HMV aswell
20Lfc93 2 years ago
Could you please tell where I can watch more full episodes on line.
Or if possible could you upload more. Its a work of genius.
cruzejobbers 3 years ago
I have a few memorable scenes which I have yet to upload. Don't really know about uploading the whole lot due to copyright..
Bungle44 3 years ago
@cruzejobbers you can buy this on ebay or any dvd retailer quite cheaply now..:)
maxrome67 1 year ago