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Blood on the Dole (1994)

Directed by Pip Broughton
1h 30minruntime
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5.0/10

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.

Genres

Drama

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleBlood on the Dole
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesEnglish, Cymraeg
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
StatusReleased
Release date18 ottobre 1994
ProductionAlan Bleasdale
WriterJim Morris
CinematographySteve Ellingworth
Assistant directorsPip Broughton
Camera operatorsSteve Ellingworth
Additional photographySteve Ellingworth

Release dates

Theatrical release

United Kingdom / Oct 18, 1994

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