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Blood on the Dole (1994)

7.51h 30mDrama
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Synopsis

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.

Movie Information

Director
Pip Broughton
Writers
Jim Morris
Release Year
1994
Runtime
90 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
EN
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Released
Rating
7.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Top Cast

Stephen Walters — cast portrait as Joey Jackson
Stephen Walters
Joey Jackson
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Philip Dowd
Ricky Jones
Suzanne Maddock — cast portrait as Cathy Thompson
Suzanne Maddock
Cathy Thompson
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Rachel Caldwell
Jean Kavanagh
Aneirin Hughes — cast portrait as David Williams
Aneirin Hughes
David Williams
Jake Abraham — cast portrait as Paul Price
Jake Abraham
Paul Price
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Rachel Maxwell
Tracey Ryan
Amanda Mealing — cast portrait as Laura
Amanda Mealing
Laura

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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.

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