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Alan George Bleasdale (born 23 March 1946) 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.
Alan Bleasdale is a British writer and producer who created acclaimed TV mini-series such as Boys from the Blackstuff, G.B.H. and Jake's Progress. He was born in Liverpool in 1946 and has won a BAFTA award and other honors.
- Writer, Producer
- March 23, 1946
- Alan Bleasdale
Dec 12, 2010 · A profile of the Liverpool-based playwright, who has been absent from TV for a decade after his acclaimed dramas Boys from the Blackstuff and GBH. Learn about his career, his unmade scripts and his friendship with Elvis Costello.
Alan Bleasdale is a Liverpool-born drama writer who created the popular TV series Scully, Boys from the Blackstuff and GBH. He also wrote stage plays, radio dramas and adapted historical stories for television.
- Liverpool
- Faber And Faber Ltd
The Liverpool-born playwright talks about his 1980s TV drama that exposed the plight of unemployed builders in his city. He says it is fitting that the stage version is at The Royal Court Theatre, where he started his career.
- 2 min
May 30, 2024 · James Graham’s adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s TV series about unemployed people in Liverpool is punchy and humane.
May 5, 2024 · The screenwriter of Boys From The Blackstuff, a Bafta award-winning drama about unemployed Liverpool workers, paid tribute to the actor who played Yosser Hughes. He said Hill was "everything you could wish for" and a "sensational" John Lennon on stage.
