When Boys from the Blackstuff went out on television four decades ago, it was hailed as a show that would shape understanding of British history. Now the leading political playwright, James Graham, acclaimed for his recent hit BBC One drama series Sherwood, is to bring the uncompromising story to a theatre audience.
Graham has been secretly working on the play with its original creator, Alan Bleasdale, for two and a half years. But this weekend the duo have revealed their plan to breathe new life into the moving and witty tale of the struggles facing a group of unemployed Liverpudlians in the early 1980s.
