Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

b. 1946 (age 80) Liverpool, England, UK
Writer

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.

Known For

Boys from the Blackstuff
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★ 8.5
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
G.B.H.
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★ 8.5
G.B.H.
1991
Jake's Progress
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★ 7.7
Jake's Progress
1995
The Sinking of the Laconia
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★ 7.0
The Sinking of the Laconia
2010

Filmography

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🎞️
★ 8.4
Julie Walters: A Life on Screen
2014 Self
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★ 7.4
Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture
2012 Self
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When TV Goes to War
2011 Self
The Sinking of the Laconia
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★ 7.0
The Sinking of the Laconia
2010 Writer
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★ 7.7
Perfect Night In
2007 Self
Channel 4 at 25
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★ 7.4
Channel 4 at 25
2007 Self
Oliver Twist
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★ 7.7
Oliver Twist
1999 Writer
Melissa
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★ 6.6
Melissa
1997 Writer
Jake's Progress
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★ 7.7
Jake's Progress
1995 Writer
G.B.H.
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★ 8.5
G.B.H.
1991 Writer
Julie Walters and Friends
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★ 8.2
Julie Walters and Friends
1991 Self Writer
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Granada Tonight
1990 Self
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★ 6.8
Sunday Premiere
1986 Writer
No Surrender
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★ 7.1
No Surrender
1985 Writer
Scully
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★ 7.8
Scully
1984 Writer
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🎞️
The British Academy Awards
1983 Self
Boys from the Blackstuff
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★ 8.5
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982 Writer
The Black Stuff
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★ 8.0
The Black Stuff
1980 Writer
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Sense of Place
1978 Writer
Second City Firsts
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★ 5.6
Second City Firsts
1973 Writer
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★ 5.1
2nd House
1973 Writer
Play for Today
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★ 7.8
Play for Today
1970 Writer
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