by Alan Bleasdale
Among many other awards for this series of five screenplays, Alan Bleasdale won the BAFTA and Royal Television Society Awards for Television Writer of the Year, and Bernard Hill won the Broadcasting Guild Award and TV Times Award as Best Actor.

featuring Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes with Jean Warren as Maureen and James Ellis as the Wino also with the participation of Graeme Souness and Sammy Lee

'Gizzajob.' 'I could do that.' Yosser's words became the catchphrases of a generation, shouted at politicians at political rallies, and goalkeepers at Anfield.
His character became the symbol of the unemployed of the 80s.

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