How amazing was this programme I mean it is the most provocative thing I have ever seen it shows the desperation of Liverpool during the 80's I think this is an amazing series that is strong in all areas and my favourite story was Yosser's story so lets have a vote anyone who likes this series lets see your favourite episodes Thanks a lot
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I liked the last episode the best, as we had George Malone's final speech before he died on the Albert Dock...so symbolic. Wonder what he'd have thought of the Albert Dock today.
shareenormously, sheer brilliance and scripting, (un scripting?) hehe, I lived in lpl during this period of time so much of the tale rings true.
Did anyone ever see Auf Wiedersehen pet, the sorta sequel when they all pissed off to Düsseldorf? If you enjoyed BFtBS you'll absolutely love it!
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the best series that has been shown on British t.v. ever-excellent casting and script
i was living and working in Liverpool at that time and i recognise and remember a lot of the scenes
this will never be bettered
good to see you can now buy the whole series on dvd
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hey, i was told at my work that since im a film student i would really benifit watching this series, just wondering wat u think?
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I think it's one of the best productions the Beeb has screened. I was only 13 when it was first screened but it's had a lasting affect on me.
Yosser's story is brilliant and it certainly is Bernard Hill's finest moment..tragedy and comedy in one instatllment. Wish we had more of this today.
i was 10 when i watched this and remember it having a lasting impression on me it made me cry and it made me laugh,i remember having a yozzer hughes 'giz a job' t=shirt and wore it with pride,i wouldn''t mind watching it again to see if it had the same impact on me 25 years later,is this available online anywhere?the torrents etc?
I decided,being on the dole myself,that I'd rather do something more decent than DHSS snooper.Like pimping or drug pushing!
shareI must have been 13/14 years old when I saw it and have never forgotten Yosser Hughes (what a name ?!!) Sheer brilliance, "Go on gizza job, go on gizzit" and that headbutt he truly was a madman, great portrayal by Bernard Hill who deserved an Oscar ! Could have had his own series if you ask me. Great to see he has done many excellent roles since (including Lord of the Rings) obviously respected in the industry, my guess based on his Yosser performance.
shareSeemed to reset the boundaries for what TV drama could achieve at the time. I remember the whole country was in shock after Yosser's story and the massed ranks of critics and reviewers all ganged up against it because they simply didn't understand its truth. Possibly because of this, it was an example unfollowed until The Wire - a very worthy successor with broader vision, a more understanding group of producers and a much bigger canvas. Like TBFTB, it too seems to have been too uncomfortable for a mass audience.
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It has to be Chrissy's story and I think it's because it hit home & was more personal to me. I grew up watching my mam & dad struggling to make ends meet during Thatcher's Britain, where every half penny counted. I remember seeing my Dad with a tear in his eye when he couldn't afford a school trip I wanted to go on. I don't know how he did it & I never asked, but I went on that trip.
It's pretty bleak stuff in a pretty bleak time period looking back retrospectively, but at the time as a kid it really didn't seem that way. You had or you hadn't, and adults worried about sorting that out for you.
32 years on and in my opinion Boys From The Blackstuff still hasn't been surpassed as the best drama British TV has ever seen.
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