History Series / BoysFromTheBlackstuff

* NotActuallyHisChild: Yosser's estranged wife reckons none of their children are actually his, nothing that they all have blonde hair while she and Yosser have dark hair. The real father might be a German sailor ("he was blonde").

The ensemble includes: Chrissie (Michael Angelis) and his wife Angie (played by Creator/JulieWalters in an early role); Chrissie's friend Loggo (Alan Igbon); Dixie (Tom Georgeson) and his son Kevin (Gary Bleasdale); George (Peter Kerrigan); and Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes (Creator/BernardHill). Each episode focused on one of the main characters. The most famous story/character was undoubtedly Yosser, whose mental health disintegrates under the strain of having no work and no money and ultimately loses everything. His oft-repeated remarks "gis a job" ("give us [me] a job") and "I can do that" entered the popular lexicon in Britain.

* OopNorth: The setting, specifically Liverpool, though in the original play they get a job in [[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Middlesbrough]].

The series devoted an episode to each of the main characters: Chrissie (Michael Angelis) and his wife (played by Creator/JulieWalters in an early role); Dixie (Tom Georgeson); George (Peter Kerrigan); and Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes (Creator/BernardHill). The most famous story/character was undoubtedly Yosser, whose mental health disintegrates under the strain of having no work and no money and ultimately loses everything. His oft-repeated remarks "gis a job" ("give us [me] a job") and "I can do that" entered the popular lexicon in Britain.

* PoliceBrutality: Yosser gets a beating from ''four': police officers.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Malloy keeps getting Chrissie's name wrong. The priest at George's funeral refers to him as Patrick.

* PoliceBrutality: Yosser gets a beating from *four* police officers.

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Yosser, Shake Hands.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Gizza job, I can do that.''[[note]](top left-right: Loggo, Chrissie; bottom left-right: Yosser, George, Dixie, Kevin)[[/note]]]]A British KitchenSinkDrama[=/=]BlackComedy written by Alan Bleasdale and shown on Creator/{{BBC}} as part of the ''Series/PlayForToday'' anthology. It originated with a 1978 television play, ''The Black Stuff'' (though it wasn't actually broadcast until 1980), and was followed by five episodes of ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' in 1982.

Mostly set in UsefulNotes/{{Liverpool}}, the series focused on a group of unemployed tarmac layers ("the black stuff") as they struggle to support their families during a depression whilst avoiding the attention of benefit fraud officers. The show is often seen as a critique of the economic policies of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's Conservative government and their consequences for ordinary people.[[note]]Though in fact Bleasdale had written most of the series before Thatcher became Prime Minister.[[/note]]

The series devoted an episode to each of the main characters: Chrissie (Michael Angelis) and his wife (played by Creator/JulieWalters in an early role); Dixie (Tom Georgeson); George (Peter Kerrigan); and Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes (Creator/BernardHill). The most famous story/character was undoubtedly Yosser, whose mental health disintegrates under the strain of having no work and no money and ultimately loses everything. His oft-repeated remarks "gizza job" ("give us a job") and "I can do that" entered the popular lexicon in Britain.

!!Gizza trope:

A British KitchenSinkDrama[=/=]BlackComedy written by Alan Bleasdale and shown on Creator/{{BBC}} as part of the ''Series/PlayForToday'' anthology. It originated with a 1978 television play, ''The Black Stuff'' (though it wasn't actually broadcast until 1980), and was followed by five episodes of ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' in 1982.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the men at the pub decide to throw an annoying patron through the window, the landlord pours himself and scotch and walks out.

* ShoutOut: Yosser claims that he and Graeme Souness look like [[Creator/TomSelleck Mangum]].

* Catchphrase:

* {{Confessional}}: A despondent Yosser visits a priest looking for help, resulting in this exchange:

A British KitchenSinkDrama/BlackComedy written by Alan Bleasdale and shown on Creator/{{BBC}} as part of the ''Series/PlayForToday'' anthology. It originated with a 1978 television play, ''The Black Stuff'' (though it wasn't actually broadcast until 1980), and was followed by five episodes of ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' in 1982.

Mostly set in UsefulNotes/{{Liverpool}}, the series focused on a group of unemployed tarmac layers ("the black stuff") as they struggle to support their families whilst avoiding the attention of benefit fraud officers. The show is often seen as a critique of the economic policies of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's Conservative government and their consequences for ordinary people.[[note]]Though in fact Bleasdale had written most of the series before Thatcher became Prime Minister.[[/note]]

A British KitchenSinkDrama written by Alan Bleasdale and shown on Creator/{{BBC}} as part of the ''Series/PlayForToday'' anthology. It originated with a 1978 television play, ''The Black Stuff'' (though it wasn't actually broadcast until 1980), and was followed by five episodes of ''Boys from the Blackstuff'' in 1982.