G.B.H. (1991)
G.B.H. (1991)
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Currently G.B.H. is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video, Channel 4
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Cast & Crew.
Robert Lindsay
Michael Murray
Michael Palin
Jim Nelson
Lindsay Duncan
Barbara Douglas
Dearbhla Molloy
Laura Nelson
Alan Igbon
Teddy
Andrew Schofield
Peter
Philip Whitchurch
Franky Murray
Julie Walters
Mrs. Murray
Paul Oldham
Joey Thug
Tom Georgeson
Lou Barnes
Chris Hargreaves
Scrawny Thug
Michael Angelis
Martin Niarchos
David Ross
Mr Weller
Daniel Massey
Grosvenor
Jane Danson
Eileen Critchley
Peter-Hugo Daly
Bubbles McGuire
Paul Daneman
Mervyn Sloan
Bill Stewart
Geoff
Julia St. John
Diane Niarchos
Gareth Tudor Price
Richard Grenville
Colin Douglas
Frank Twist
Jimmy Mulville
Philip
John Henshaw
Murray's Minder
Anna Friel
Susan Nelson
Hayley Fairclough
Jessica Nelson
Edward Mallon
Mark Nelson
Daniel Street-Brown
Robbie Burns
Serena Harragin
Miss Hutchinson
Stephen Hall
Young Michael Murray
Michelle Atkinson
Young Barbara
Ayesa Toure
Monica
Michael Fernandez
Jake
Gary Mavers
Billy
Wayne Foskett
Macker
Niall Tóibín
Michael Murray Snr
Steve Halliwell
Bubbles' Friend
Clifford Rose
Judge Critchley
William Gaunt
Hunningdon
Cliff Howells
Joseph Cartwright
Paul Butterworth
Terry
David J. Nicholls
Poacher Terry
Freddie Fletcher
Poacher Vic
Peter Armitage
Mr Burns
Arthur Spreckley
Grandfather Burns
Jean Anderson
Dr Goldup
William Franklyn
Distinguished Gent
James Tomlinson
Stan
Jake Abraham
Black Waiter
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G.B.H. is a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. Described by Bleasdale as "one caring, liberal madman's odyssey through the appalling farce of life in Britain today", its protagonists are Michael Murray (played by Robert Lindsay), the hard-left Labour leader of a city council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson (played by Michael Palin), the headmaster of a special school. In normal parlance, the initials 'G.B.H.' refer to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm (i.e. causing someone serious injury). However, Bleasdale claimed in an interview on the DVD that the title is supposed to stand for 'Great British Holiday'.
The series was controversial partly because Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council. After the first episode was aired, Channel 4 declined to provide preview tapes of the remaining instalments to Merseyside Police, who were concerned the programme could affect Hatton's court case regarding corruption. Bleasdale downplayed the connection, leading Hatton to comment, "the only person in the world who does not seem to think that Michael Murray is me, is Alan Bleasdale".