The Black Stuff (Play for Today)
Director(s)Jim Goddard
Production year1978
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes102m
CastMichael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Alan Igbon, Gary Bleasdale, Peter Kerrigan, Bernard Hill, Jean Warren, Janine Duvitski, Edward Peel, David Calder, Jim Goddard, Alan Bleasdale, David Rose, Mike Hall, Chris Edwards
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 ...
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.
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.
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified date22/16/2024
LanguageEnglish
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.
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.
Director(s)Jim Goddard
Production year1978
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes102m
CastMichael Angelis, Tom Georgeson, Alan Igbon, Gary Bleasdale, Peter Kerrigan, Bernard Hill, Jean Warren, Janine Duvitski, Edward Peel, David Calder, Jim Goddard, Alan Bleasdale, David Rose, Mike Hall, Chris Edwards
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified date22/16/2024
LanguageEnglish
