Boys From The Blackstuff

[Mac4]

fuck me i have just had a eureka moment !!!

 

 

it was obviously souness who played for us but yozzer 'better looking by far' hughes who managed us ...

 

 

how could we sack a man on the dole !!!!!

[trefoil]

I think Boys From The Blackstuff is great, I'm too young to remember it originally but have it on DVD and I'm sure there was one original feature length and a sort of spin off series which included the Souness scene. I also love Scully, I think the great thing about both of them is the endings, they look to be heading to something better but everything really ends up worse or the same, they're excellent but sad representations of life.

 

On a side note, something I remember is I think the very last scene of Boys From The Blackstuff, they are in the Albert Dock before it was refurbished and it looks unreal, I dont remember it before it was done up so I found it really strange when I watched it.

[BENIRL]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Rheinmetal]

Altho i never really saw it much, i did like it from what i can remember of it. Being form Newcastle there was more emphasis on A.W Pet, i actually remember watching Us paly the barcodes in the cup one friday night and all the barcodes were singing Oz would F**k Yozzer, which i thought was funny in general.

 

One thing i remember more than BFBS was Scully, the lad who dreamt of playing for Liverpool and kept talking to King Kenny in his head but he would actually appear.

I remember the one where he had to play a fairy in a school play and he said i bet Kenny wouldnt do this, and there you saw kenny dressed up like a fairy wand and all, saying yes i would. My sis took the Piss for weeks cos he was my hero.

 

Would love ot see that again anyone know if it out on Vid or DVD????

 

Gloryhunting wanker!!!

[Jennings]

Anyone got a link to a torrent or HTTP download?

 

I tried mininova but not much in the way of seeders.

[G Richards]

I remember watching BFTB as a kid and thinking it was one of the most powerful things I'd ever seen on tv. My dad was unemployed at the time (like a lot of dads were in the area around that time) and I'm sure that's why it hit home so deeply.

 

Great acting. Great writing. Excellent commentary on the state of society at the time, with characters you could really feel for. It was interspersed with just enough humour to lighten the mood as needed along the way.

 

I must order this on DVD and add it to the collection of things from back home now that I'm exiled over here.

 

I remember One Summer and Scully too. Might get them, but perhaps they will seem dated and not as good as I remember (as someone said above).

[RobbieOR]

BBC four are showing it at the moment. Its on every Sunday. The first episode was on last Sunday.

 

Its the first time Ive watched it. Its very good.

[chris71]

BBC four are showing it at the moment. Its on every Sunday. The first episode was on last Sunday.

 

Its the first time Ive watched it. Its very good.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll also take a gander at it.

[skowser]

Scully: Scully [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Schofield, Ray Kingsley, Sam Neill: DVD

 

One summer: One Summer - The Complete Series 2 Disc Set 1983 DVD: Amazon.co.uk: David Morrissey, Spencer Leigh, James Hazeldine, Ian Hart, Michael Lannington, John Shackley, Paul Codman, John Cording, Peter Doran, Michael Hughes, Susie Johns, Jon Paul Morgan, Pe

 

BFTB: Boys from the Blackstuff [DVD] [1989]: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Angelis, Bernard Hill, Tom Georgeson, Julie Walters, Philip Saville: DVD

[Cherry Ghost]

The stuff on BBC four is two episodes in, the pilot, made sometime before followed by the first episode from the series featuring all the characters (and Roy Cropper as a benefits investigator). The next two episodes are a little grim and are based around two families, little humour (despite Julie Walters). Make sure you see the last two through, George''s unscripted ad hoc speech at the Albert Dock, pure genius, the final scenes of chaos in the pub, Yosser's story and the lake. A fantastic piece of writing and a landmark link between the old world and now.

[Faustus]

Bumped.

 

The episode that's on BBC 4 at the minute where George dies is one of the finest pieces of British telly ever made.

[shanks69]

Bumped.

 

The episode that's on BBC 4 at the minute where George dies is one of the finest pieces of British telly ever made.

 

i maybe wrong but i think the bloke playing george was dying from cancer at the time they filmed it.

[Faustus]

i maybe wrong but i think the bloke playing george was dying from cancer at the time they filmed it.

 

Really?

 

The speech he gives when he's getting wheeled around by Chrissie really chokes you up.

[col06]

Shake Hands

[John101]

Really?

 

The speech he gives when he's getting wheeled around by Chrissie really chokes you up.

 

Always makes me think that episode. You look at the City and thank God it's not like that any more, but i don't half wish the people and the values were still the same.

[RoboRiise]

It's funny - twelve months ago most people would have seen this as a cracking drama and a bit of social history, in twelve months time it's going to start looking prophetic instead. I watched it again not long back and the whole thing really does reflect the sheer fucking desperation of the times.

 

Bernard Hill is excellent in it.