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Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

1946-03-23

Liverpool, England, UK

Age: 79

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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.

Best known for:

The Sinking of the Laconia

Oliver Twist

Boys from the Blackstuff

G.B.H.

The Black Stuff

No Surrender

Play for Today

Wogan

Scully

The Muscle Market

The Monocled Mutineer

Jake's Progress

Early to Bed

Scully's New Year's Eve

Blood on the Dole

Requiem Apache

Pleasure

Melissa

Soft Sand, Blue Sea

A Life on Screen

Dangerous Ambition

A Turn for the Worse

Julie Walters and Friends

Julie Walters and Friends

Self Catering

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Filmography:

Play for Today (1970)
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Writer
Early to Bed (1975)
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Writer
Scully's New Year's Eve (1978)
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Writer
Dangerous Ambition (1978)
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Writer
The Black Stuff (1980)
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Writer
The Muscle Market (1981)
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Writer
A Turn for the Worse (1981)
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Writer
Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)
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Writer, Creator

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Scully (1984)
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Writer, Creator
No Surrender (1985)
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Writer
The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
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Writer, Creator
G.B.H. (1991)
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Producer, Writer, Creator
Julie Walters and Friends (1991)
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Writer
Blood on the Dole (1994)
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Producer
Requiem Apache (1994)
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Producer
Self Catering (1994)
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Producer

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Pleasure (1994)
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Producer
Jake's Progress (1995)
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Writer, Producer
Melissa (1997)
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Screenplay, Executive Producer
Soft Sand, Blue Sea (1998)
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Producer
Oliver Twist (1999)
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Executive Producer, Writer
The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)
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Writer

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