Blood on the Dole (1994)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 18, 1994Release Date
Blood on the Dole (1994)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 18, 1994Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Stephen Walters
Joey Jackson
Philip Dowd
Ricky Jones
Suzanne Maddock
Cathy Thompson
Rachel Caldwell
Jean Kavanagh
Aneirin Hughes
David Williams
Jake Abraham
Paul Price
Rachel Maxwell
Tracey Ryan
Amanda Mealing
Laura
Amanda Mealing
Laura
Gill West
Jobcentre Receptionist
Jodie Draper
Jobcentre Receptionist
Andrew Schofield
Post Office Supervisor
Alan Igbon
Art Gallery Attendant
Kevin Knapman
Dealer
Dilys Price
Mrs Williams
Elwyn Hughes
Mr Williams
Keith Thompson
Producer
Noreen Kershaw
Aunty Vera
Fiachra Trench
Composer
Ray Gravell
Anton
Dorien Thomas
Emrys
David Thompson
Anthony
Martin Hitchcock
ProductionDesigner
Simon Fisher
Glyn
Details.
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