• Director(s)

    Jim Goddard

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Michael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Alan Igbon, Gary Bleasdale

TV Show

The Black Stuff (Play for Today)

THE BLACK STUFF is a drama, from 1980, which follows a team of Liverpudlian tarmac layers who get into trouble on a job in Middlesbrough.…

THE BLACK STUFF is a drama, from 1980, which follows a team of Liverpudlian tarmac layers who get into trouble on a job in Middlesbrough.

  • Director(s)

    Jim Goddard

  • Production Year

    1978

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Michael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Alan Igbon, Gary Bleasdale

sex references, discrimination, sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is moderate hand-to-hand violence. A man raises his hand to his wife. A man is bloody after he bashes his own head in frustration.
threat and horror
A man threatens to beat up a female sex worker.
language
There is use of moderate bad language ('dickhead', 'whore', 'bitch'), as well as implied strong language ('f**k') and other terms such as 'crap' and 'Christ'.
sex
A teenage boy attempts to sleep with a prostitute. There are references to erotic films and BDSM. There is breast nudity in pin-up posters.
discrimination
Racism includes Irish travellers being portrayed as thieves, albeit in a society which the drama shows to be dishonest across the board. A man is bigoted towards a young woman, who challenges his attitudes.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man mockingly asks a young woman whether she's ever been raped.
additional issues
Smoking reflects the period.
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Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.

  • Classified date

    22/07/2024

  • Distributor

    2 entertain Video Ltd.

  • Language

    English