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Alan Bleasdale

Writing

  • Born
  • March 23, 1946
  • Place of birth
  • Liverpool, England, UK

Biography

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.

As actor 6

Wogan poster
Wogan
1982
Riverside
1982
The 60s: The Beatles Decade poster
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
A Life on Screen poster
A Life on Screen
2014
Julie Walters and Friends
1991

On the crew 24

Play for Today poster
Play for Today
1970
Second City Firsts
1973
G.B.H. poster
G.B.H.
1991
Boys from the Blackstuff poster
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
The Sinking of the Laconia poster
The Sinking of the Laconia
2011
Oliver Twist poster
Oliver Twist
1999
Melissa poster
Melissa
1997
Scully poster
Scully
1984
The Monocled Mutineer poster
The Monocled Mutineer
1986
Jake's Progress poster
Jake's Progress
1995
Sense of Place
1978
The Black Stuff poster
The Black Stuff
1980
Pleasure poster
Pleasure
1994
The Muscle Market poster
The Muscle Market
1981
Requiem Apache poster
Requiem Apache
1994
Self Catering poster
Self Catering
1994
Julie Walters and Friends poster
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
No Surrender poster
No Surrender
1985
Blood on the Dole poster
Blood on the Dole
1994
Soft Sand, Blue Sea poster
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998
A Turn for the Worse poster
A Turn for the Worse
1981
Dangerous Ambition poster
Dangerous Ambition
1978
Early to Bed poster
Early to Bed
1975
Scully's New Year's Eve poster
Scully's New Year's Eve
1978