Person

Alan Bleasdale

Writing · Born 1946-03-23 · Liverpool, England, UK

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.

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  Play for Today

  Writer

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  Wogan

  Self

• Riverside

  Self

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  Oliver Twist

  Executive Producer

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  G.B.H.

  Producer

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  The Sinking of the Laconia

  Writer

• Second City Firsts

  Writer

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  Melissa

  Screenplay

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  Scully

  Writer

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  Boys from the Blackstuff

  Writer

• 2014A Life on ScreenSelf
• 2011The Sinking of the LaconiaWriter
• 2008The 60s: The Beatles Decade
• 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
• 1999Oliver TwistExecutive Producer
• 1998Soft Sand, Blue SeaProducer
• 1997MelissaScreenplay
• 1995Jake's ProgressWriter
• 1994PleasureProducer
• 1994Blood on the DoleProducer
• 1994Requiem ApacheProducer
• 1994Self CateringProducer
• 1991Julie Walters and Friends
• 1991Julie Walters and FriendsWriter
• 1991G.B.H.Producer
• 1986The Monocled MutineerWriter
• 1985No SurrenderWriter
• 1984ScullyWriter
• 1982Boys from the BlackstuffWriter
• 1982WoganSelf
• 1982RiversideSelf
• 1981A Turn for the WorseWriter
• 1981The Muscle MarketWriter
• 1980The Black StuffWriter
• 1978Dangerous AmbitionWriter
• 1978Sense of PlaceWriter
• 1978Scully's New Year's EveWriter
• 1975Early to BedWriter
• 1973Second City FirstsWriter
• 1970Play for TodayWriter