Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written novels. His most notable works include Boys From the Blackstuff, The Monocled Mutineer and GBH.

  • Title: Alan Bleasdale
  • Popularity: 7.797
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1946-03-23
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
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Alan Bleasdale Movies

  • 2007
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    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    1 2007 HD

    Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Miriam Margolyes

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  • 1994
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    Blood on the Dole

    Blood on the Dole

    8 1994 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stephen Walters

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  • 1981
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    The Muscle Market

    The Muscle Market

    7 1981 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Pete Postlethwaite

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  • 1980
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    The Black Stuff

    The Black Stuff

    7.417 1980 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bernard Hill

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  • 1975
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    Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

    1 1975 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: David Warwick

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  • 1978
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    Scully's New Year's Eve

    Scully's New Year's Eve

    8 1978 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Andrew Schofield

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  • 1994
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    Pleasure

    Pleasure

    8 1994 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jennifer Ehle

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  • 1994
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    Self Catering

    Self Catering

    1 1994 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Jane Horrocks

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  • 1994
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    Requiem Apache

    Requiem Apache

    7 1994 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Alfred Molina

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  • 1998
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    Soft Sand, Blue Sea

    Soft Sand, Blue Sea

    1 1998 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Laurence Kinlan

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  • 1985
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    No Surrender

    No Surrender

    6.2 1985 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Angelis

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Julie Walters

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  • 1978
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    Dangerous Ambition

    Dangerous Ambition

    1 1978 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Daniel Massey

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  • 1981
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    A Turn for the Worse

    A Turn for the Worse

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bernard Hill

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  • 1991
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    G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

    6.4 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Palin

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  • 1992
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1992 HD

    Wogan is a British television chat show

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Terry Wogan

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

    Julie Walters and Friends was a one-off comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of actress Julie Walters. Sketches were written by Walters'...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Julie Walters

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  • 2018
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    8 2018 HD

    Documentary series that celebrates the incredible careers of the best of British talent.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1984
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    4.5 1984 HD

    Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Andrew Schofield

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  • 1982
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7.731 1982 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bernard Hill

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  • 1999
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.3 1999 HD

    Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sam Smith

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  • 1995
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    3.5 1995 HD

    Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours.

    Genre:

    Cast: Julie Walters

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  • 1995
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    3.5 1995 HD

    Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours.

    Genre:

    Cast: Julie Walters

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  • 2011
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.3 2011 HD

    The true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Franka Potente

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  • 1991
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.4 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Palin

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  • 1984
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    5.857 1984 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1997
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6 1997 HD

    Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jennifer Ehle

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  • 1999
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.3 1999 HD

    Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sam Smith

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  • 1986
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7 1986 HD

    The Monocled Mutineer TV series follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul McGann

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  • 1991
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.4 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Palin

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  • 1997
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6 1997 HD

    Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jennifer Ehle

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  • 1991
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.4 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Palin

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  • 1984
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    4.5 1984 HD

    Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Andrew Schofield

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  • 1982
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7.731 1982 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bernard Hill

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  • 1986
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7 1986 HD

    The Monocled Mutineer TV series follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul McGann

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