Alan Bleasdale
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Alan Bleasdale

Born 23 March 1946 · Liverpool, England, UK
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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
Oliver Twist
Boys from the Blackstuff
G.B.H.
The Black Stuff
No Surrender
Play for Today
Scully
Jake's Progress
Melissa
Early to Bed
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Blood on the Dole
Pleasure
Self Catering
Requiem Apache
Julie Walters and Friends
No Surrender
The Muscle Market
A Turn for the Worse
The Black Stuff
Scully's New Year's Eve
Dangerous Ambition
Early to Bed
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