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Blood on the Dole (1994)

ALL 10/18/1994 (en) Drama 90 Min
  • Release
    10/18/1994
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Blood on the Dole
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Alan Bleasdale's touching yet frank drama for Channel 4 about the struggles of a group of young adults leaving school in a deprived area of Liverpool. Starring Stephen Walters, Suzanne Maddock and Amanda Mealing. Based on the acclaimed play by Jim Morris, voted Most Promising Playwright by the Financial Times and Morning Star in 1981. Blood on the Dole shows the lives of four teenagers, two boys and two girls, struggling to cope after being thrust into the real world for the first time after leaving school. Living in deprived Merseyside, the four youths' bright-eyed optimism for their futures and new-found freedom is soon crushed by the realities of unemployment, poverty, and the brutal reality of living and trying to find work in a city in decline. They all soon find themselves in the hopeless situation of facing complete dependence on state handouts, "the dole". The four teenagers instead find themselves turning to each other to find the strength to survive.

  1. Pip Broughton

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Alan Bleasdale

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Stephen Walters

    Joey Jackson

  2. Philip Dowd

    Ricky Jones

  3. Suzanne Maddock

    Cathy Thompson

  4. Rachel Caldwell

    Jean Kavanagh

  5. Aneirin Hughes

    David Williams

  6. Jake Abraham

    Paul Price

  7. Rachel Maxwell

    Tracey Ryan

  8. Amanda Mealing

    Laura

  9. Gill West

    Jobcentre Receptionist

  10. Jodie Draper

    Jobcentre Receptionist

  11. Andrew Schofield

    Post Office Supervisor

  12. Alan Igbon

    Art Gallery Attendant

  13. Kevin Knapman

    Dealer

  14. Dilys Price

    Mrs Williams

  15. Elwyn Hughes

    Mr Williams

  16. Noreen Kershaw

    Aunty Vera

  17. Ray Gravell

    Anton

  18. Dorien Thomas

    Emrys

  19. David Thompson

    Anthony

  20. Simon Fisher

    Glyn

  21. Dicken Ashworth

    Cockler

  22. Clare Welch

    Hill Walker Woman

  23. Paul Williamson

    Hill Walker Man

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 23 , Crews : 3

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Blood on the Dole (1994) 90 Min

ALL 10/18/1994 (en)
Drama
  • Release 10/18/1994
  • Production
  • Original title Blood on the Dole
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Alan Bleasdale's touching yet frank drama for Channel 4 about the struggles of a group of young adults leaving school in a deprived area of Liverpool. Starring Stephen Walters, Suzanne Maddock and Amanda Mealing. Based on the acclaimed play by Jim Morris, voted Most Promising Playwright by the Financial Times and Morning Star in 1981. Blood on the Dole shows the lives of four teenagers, two boys and two girls, struggling to cope after being thrust into the real world for the first time after leaving school. Living in deprived Merseyside, the four youths' bright-eyed optimism for their futures and new-found freedom is soon crushed by the realities of unemployment, poverty, and the brutal reality of living and trying to find work in a city in decline. They all soon find themselves in the hopeless situation of facing complete dependence on state handouts, "the dole". The four teenagers instead find themselves turning to each other to find the strength to survive.

  1. Pip Broughton

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Alan Bleasdale

    Producer



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