Alan Bleasdale

Television

A TALE OF TWO CITIES (Mammoth Screen/Lookout Point) Current 10 part adaptation of the classic Dickens’ novel, to be directed by Mike Newell

THE SINKING OF THE LACONIA (Talkback Thames) 2010 2 parter telling the true story of the sinking of the Laconia liner by a German U-boat through the eyes of six survivors Nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial Starring Lindsay Duncan and Brian Cox

OLIVER TWIST (Diplomat Films) 1999 4 part adaptation Starring Robert Lindsay, Julie Walters, Keira Knightley, Michael Kitchen

SOFT SAND, BLUE SEA (Diplomat Films/Channel 4 Films) 1998 A poignant tale of childhood in modern society Produced by Alan Bleasdale and Keith Thomson Written by Keith Thompson Directed by Pip Broughton

MELISSA (Diplomat Films/Channel 4) 1997 5 parter starring Hugh Quarshie, Jennifer Ehle, Tim Dutton and Julie Walters

JAKE'S PROGRESS (Diplomat Films) 1995 4 part family drama Starring Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters

GBH (Channel 4) 1991 Nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial 7 parter starring Robert Lindsay, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters and Michael Palin

THE MONOCLED MUTINEER (BBC) 1986 4 parter based on the 1978 book of the same name by William Allison and John Fairley about the life of Percy Toplis, deserter in WW1 Starring Paul McGann, Cherie Lunghi, Jerome Flynn, Timothy West

SCULLY (Granada Television) 1984 7 part drama series set in a Liverpool school based on a BBC Play for Today episode Starring Andrew Schofield

BOYS FROM THE BLACK STUFF (BBC) 1982 Seminal 5 part serial created by Alan Bleasdale about a group of Liverpudlian tarmac layers Starring Bernard Hill, Michael Angelis, Alan Igbon, Tom Georgeson

Film

NO SURRENDER (Channel Four Films) 1985 Black comedy set in Liverpool on New Year’s Eve Starring Michael Angelia, Bernard Hill, Joanne Whalley

Theatre

ON THE LEDGE (National Theatre and Tour) 1993

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (West End) 1985

HAVING A BALL (West End and Tour) 1981