6.4
TV
Writing
Alan Bleasdale
- Born
- (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Credits
- 31 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.4
TV
6.3
TV
Oliver Twist
7.8
TV
Boys from the Blackstuff
6.3
TV
G.B.H.
7.4
Movie
The Black Stuff
6.7
Movie
No Surrender
6.6
TV
Play for Today
5.6
TV
The South Bank Show
6.5
TV
Scully
4.5
TV
Jake's Progress
6.8
TV
Melissa
3.0
Movie
Early to Bed
6.0
Movie
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
7.7
TV
The Monocled Mutineer
7.0
Movie
The Muscle Market
7.5
Movie
Blood on the Dole
9.0
Movie
Scully's New Year's Eve
8.5
Movie
Self Catering
Acting credits 7
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | A Life on Screen TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2008 | The 60s: The Beatles Decade TV | (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Film | Self |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends TV | (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Wogan TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Riverside TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show TV | (1 ep) |
Crew credits 24
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Sinking of the Laconia TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist TV | Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (4 ep) |
| 1998 | Soft Sand, Blue Sea Film | Producer |
| 1997 | Melissa TV | Screenplay, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (5 ep) |
| 1995 | Jake's Progress TV | Writer, Producer (6 ep) |
| 1994 | Pleasure Film | Producer |
| 1994 | Blood on the Dole Film | Producer |
| 1994 | Requiem Apache Film | Producer |
| 1994 | Self Catering Film | Producer |
| 1991 | Julie Walters and Friends Film | Writer |
| 1991 | G.B.H. TV | Producer, Writer, Creator (7 ep) |
| 1986 | The Monocled Mutineer TV | Writer, Creator (4 ep) |
| 1985 | No Surrender Film | Writer |
| 1984 | Scully TV | Writer, Creator (7 ep) |
| 1982 | Boys from the Blackstuff TV | Writer, Screenplay, Creator (5 ep) |
| 1981 | A Turn for the Worse Film | Writer |
| 1981 | The Muscle Market Film | Writer |
| 1980 | The Black Stuff Film | Writer |
| 1978 | Dangerous Ambition Film | Writer |
| 1978 | Sense of Place TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Scully's New Year's Eve Film | Writer |
| 1975 | Early to Bed Film | Writer |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Play for Today TV | Writer (3 ep) |