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Alan Bleasdale

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Alan Bleasdale

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Born: March 23, 1946
From: 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.

Known for

The Sinking of the Laconia

2011 Series 6.4

Oliver Twist

1999 Series 6.3

Boys from the Blackstuff

1982 Series 7.8

1991 Series 6.3

The Black Stuff

No Surrender

Play for Today

1970 Series 6.6

1984 Series 6.5

Filmography

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2014

A Life on Screen

Acting (Self) 1 EP

2011

The Sinking of the Laconia

Writing (Writer) 2 EP

2008

The 60s: The Beatles Decade

Acting 1 EP

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Acting (Self)

1999

Oliver Twist

Production (Executive Producer) 4 EPWriting (Writer) 4 EPCreating (Creator)

1998

Soft Sand, Blue Sea

Production (Producer)

1997

Writing (Screenplay) 5 EPProduction (Executive Producer) 5 EPWriting (Writer) 5 EPCreating (Creator)

1995

Jake's Progress

Writing (Writer) 6 EPProduction (Producer) 6 EP

1994

Production (Producer)

Blood on the Dole

Production (Producer)

Requiem Apache

Production (Producer)

Self Catering

Production (Producer)

1991

Julie Walters and Friends

Writing (Writer)

Julie Walters and Friends

Acting 1 EP

Production (Producer) 7 EPWriting (Writer) 7 EPCreating (Creator)

1986

The Monocled Mutineer

Writing (Writer) 4 EPCreating (Creator)

1985

No Surrender

Writing (Writer)

1984

Writing (Writer) 7 EPCreating (Creator)

1982

Boys from the Blackstuff

Writing (Writer) 5 EPWriting (Screenplay) 5 EPCreating (Creator)

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1981

A Turn for the Worse

Writing (Writer)

The Muscle Market

Writing (Writer)

1980

The Black Stuff

Writing (Writer)

1978

Dangerous Ambition

Writing (Writer)

Sense of Place

Writing (Writer) 1 EP

The South Bank Show

Acting 1 EP

Scully's New Year's Eve

Writing (Writer)

1975

Early to Bed

Writing (Writer)

1973

Second City Firsts

Writing (Writer) 1 EP

1970

Play for Today

Writing (Writer) 3 EP