Boys from the Blackstuff: Yosser's Story
10:00 pm - 11:10 pm, Wednesday, March 11 on BBC Four (9)
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Yosser's Story
Season 1, Episode 4
Yosser battles to hold his family together following his wife's departure, but with an increasingly fragile mental state and the police and social services closing in, he faces an uphill struggle to hang on to his children. Bernard Hill stars, with cameo appearances by Graeme Souness and Sammy Lee, two of the star players in the Liverpool side of the time
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Bernard Hill
(Actor)
.. Yosser Hughes
Jean Warren
(Actor)
.. Maureen
Timothy Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Jason Hughes
Tamana Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Anna Marie Hughes
Jamie Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Dustin Hughes
Michael Angelis
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Todd
Alan Igbon
(Actor)
.. Loggo Logmond
Peter Kerrigan
(Actor)
.. George Malone
Noreen Kershaw
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Struan Rodger
(Actor)
.. Fr Daniel Thomas
Peter Christian
(Actor)
.. Moey
Lloyd Peters
(Actor)
.. Morgan
Lesley Nightingale
(Actor)
.. Veronica
James Ellis
(Actor)
.. Wino
Christopher Quinn
(Actor)
.. DoE clerk
Terry Butler
(Actor)
.. School attendance officer
Ina Clough
(Actor)
.. Health visitor
Steve Faye
(Actor)
.. Pub manager
Joey Kaye
(Actor)
.. Electrician
Nick Maloney
(Actor)
.. Rent man
Graeme Souness
(Actor)
.. Himself
Sammy Lee
(Actor)
.. Himself
Philip Saville
(Director)
Michael Wearing
(Producer)
Alan Bleasdale
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Bernard Hill
(Actor)
.. Yosser Hughes
Born:
December 17, 1944
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Playing Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff.
Early-life:
Bernard Hill was born on December 17, 1944, in Manchester. He caught the acting bug at an early age and went on to hone his craft at Manchester Polytechnic, where he graduated with a theatre diploma in 1970. It took another three years before he made his TV breakthrough in the 1973 play Hard Labour.
Career:
Hill went on to become one of British TV's most reliable character actors. The projects I, Claudius, Professional Foul and Pit Strike brought him great acclaim. However, it was Alan Bleasdale's 1980 series Boys From the Blackstuff that made him a household name. It brought him to the attention of director Peter Jackson who considered him for the role of Gandalf, before eventually casting him as King Theoden in The Lord of the Rings movies, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. On stage, Hill has appeared in A View from the Bridge, The Cherry Orchard and Macbeth. His other high profile roles on the big screen include parts in Gandhi, Shirley Valentine, The Bounty, The Ghost and the Darkness, Titanic, The Scorpion King, Wimbledon and Joy Division. On the small screen, he played David Blunkett in A Very Social Secretary to great acclaim.
Quote:
'Gizza job'.
Trivia:
Hill voiced a character in the video game Fable III.
Jean Warren
(Actor)
.. Maureen
Timothy Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Jason Hughes
Tamana Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Anna Marie Hughes
Jamie Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Dustin Hughes
Michael Angelis
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Todd
Alan Igbon
(Actor)
.. Loggo Logmond
Peter Kerrigan
(Actor)
.. George Malone
Noreen Kershaw
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Struan Rodger
(Actor)
.. Fr Daniel Thomas
Peter Christian
(Actor)
.. Moey
Lloyd Peters
(Actor)
.. Morgan
Lesley Nightingale
(Actor)
.. Veronica
James Ellis
(Actor)
.. Wino
Christopher Quinn
(Actor)
.. DoE clerk
Terry Butler
(Actor)
.. School attendance officer
Ina Clough
(Actor)
.. Health visitor
Steve Faye
(Actor)
.. Pub manager
Joey Kaye
(Actor)
.. Electrician
Nick Maloney
(Actor)
.. Rent man
Graeme Souness
(Actor)
.. Himself
Sammy Lee
(Actor)
.. Himself
Philip Saville
(Director)
Michael Wearing
(Producer)
Alan Bleasdale
(Writer)
