What character did Bernard Hill play in the TV series 'Boys From The Black Stuff'?
"characters from ""The Black Stuff"". The result was the BAFTA winning series ""Boys from the Blackstuff"", which was transmitted on BBC Two in 1982. Bernard Hill starred in the role of Yosser Hughes, whose catch-phrase ""Gizza job"" became synonymous with the mass unemployment of the Thatcher years. The series established Bleasdale as one of Britain's leading television writers and social commentators. In 1985, Bleasdale wrote the screenplay for his only feature film ""No Surrender"", a black comedy which examines the animosity between the Protestants and Roman Catholics of Northern Ireland. Set in a seedy Liverpool night club, the film focuses"
"Bernard, Manny and Fran would be doing a decade after the events of the series. Linehan responded, ""They'll grow up, like everyone else."" The series revolves around the three main characters of Bernard Ludwig Black (Dylan Moran), Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey) and Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig), who all appeared in every episode. Supporting characters appear briefly in single episodes, while the show also featured several guest stars, such as actor Simon Pegg and writer Graham Linehan. ""Black Books"" ran for a total of 18 half-hour episodes, broadcast over three series of six episodes each. Series 1 premiered on 29 September"
"Yosser Hughes Jimmy ""Yosser"" Hughes is a fictional character from Alan Bleasdale's 1982 (written in 1978) television series ""Boys from the Blackstuff"", set in Liverpool, portrayed by Bernard Hill. Yosser appears as a tall man in his mid-thirties who wears predominantly black clothes and has a distinctive bushy moustache. He always appears unkempt and unshaven. He had a wife called Maureen, an aggressive, unloving harridan who frequently berates him and had an affair with another man, the likely father of their three children (played in the drama by Alan Bleasdale's children). The pilot of Blackstuff implies that Hughes worked in"
"and its series sequel, ""Boys from the Blackstuff"". His character's much-repeated phrase ""Gizza job"" (""""Give us a job"""") became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher's government, because of the high unemployment of the time. Hill then appeared as Sergeant Putnam in ""Gandhi"" (1982), directed by Richard Attenborough. Though Hill did not figure prominently in the cast, he benefited from being part of an Oscar-winning film. Next up for Hill was Roger Donaldson’s ""The Bounty"" (1984), a fourth dramatisation of the famed mutiny on HMS ""Bounty"". He had previously taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, appearing in"
"Farthinghill (voiced by Tommy Cook), a snooty rich kid and the series' antagonist whom Henry often addressed as ""Smellvin"" or ""Smelly"". S. Melvin was often a competitor with Corey when it came to girls, undermining his efforts at every turn. Comedian and former Three Stooges star Joe Besser voiced Babu, a cowardly, bumbling, immature genie-in-training under Jeannie's charge. His typical magic words are ""Yapple Dapple!"", utterance of which usually complicates their situation—often causing trouble—on account of his mistakes. Babu regularly annoys almost everyone he meets because he gets so nervous that he could not control his powers. Jeannie would always"
"the couple on the show to just stand in the background; they wanted to have Rose and Bernard in the show with interesting storylines. Anderson found that although he normally had more fun portraying villains, playing Bernard was ""one of the greatest rides of [his] life"". Throughout the series Rose and Bernard have been well received. Chris Carabott from IGN found the conversation where Rose insists Bernard is alive ""touching"". ""TV Guide""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Matt Roush called Caldwell ""terrific"", and hoped the producers would use her again in the future. ""Entertainment Weekly""s Michael Slezak was surprised when he discovered Bernard is white,"
"Among adults aged 18 to 49, it earned a 4.4/11 ratings share, finishing in eighteenth place for the week among all the major networks. Television critics were largely positive towards the episode, particularly Carell's ""Prison Mike"" sequence as well as Helms' performance as Andy Bernard. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) learns that black employee Martin Nash (Wayne Wilderson) is a former criminal, and tells the entire office. During this time, in a misguided effort to avoid issues of stereotyping and racism Michael asks the employees to name a white person that they trust and he will name a black person he"
"film ""Superman"". Andrews died at the age of 77 on 6 March 1989, at his home in Salehurst, leaving behind his long-term friend and partner Basil Hoskins. They are now buried alongside each other at St Mary the Virgin's Church, Salehurst. Harry Andrews Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in ""The Hill"" alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award"
"on the series until the fifth season. Following the casting announcement, Williams admitted to having been a fan of the series during its first year, but stopped watching because of the racially insensitive second season mystery storyline. It focused on Betty Applewhite (Alfre Woodard), the series' first black main character. Williams explained to ""Entertainment Weekly"", ""[Betty] had her son in chains in the basement. It was like, 'Really? Do we have to go there with our first Black character?' I honestly fell off the show after that. I think it was just so implausible and just an image that Black"
"the Hill,"""" was published in 2006. He has explained its title as follows: As a result of the attention his invocations received during the federal government shutdown, Black was parodied on NBC's ""Saturday Night Live"". Playing Black during the show's ""Weekend Update"" segment that aired on October 12, 2013, SNL cast member Kenan Thompson prayed, ""Lord, bless and forgive these braying jackasses."" Thompson's Black prayed, ""May they find themselves in a restroom stall devoid of toilet paper."" When approached for a reaction, Black responded that, while he had not seen it, he was a fan of the show and did"
"adopted son, Alan Hill Jr. (Matt Bradstock), his parents, Jan and Tony Hill, and his grandmother, Nana Hill. Latter series of the show often saw the family joined by Burt Kwouk. The show also enjoyed a variety of other celebrity guests across its run, including, most notably, Ronnie Corbett and Rolf Harris. The show used surreal humour as the base for many of its jokes, and its presentation was very conversational, with each item tending to involve one or more members of the family, and later on roping in other recurring characters such as scientist Finsbury Park (Steve Bowditch). Each"
"Boys from the Blackstuff Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama series of five episodes, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, as a sequel to a television play, ""The Black Stuff"". The British Film Institute described it as a ""seminal drama series... a warm, humorous but ultimately tragic look at the way economics affect ordinary people... TV's most complete dramatic response to the Thatcher era and as a lament to the end of a male, working class British culture."" The television play The Black"
"Benny Hill Alfred Hawthorne ""Benny"" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian and actor, best remembered for his television programme ""The Benny Hill Show"", an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque, and ""double entendre"" in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with him at the focus of almost every segment. Hill was a prominent figure in British culture for nearly four decades. His show proved to be one of the great success stories of television comedy and was among the most-watched programmes in the UK; the audience peaked at more than 21 million in"
"Gary Bleasdale Gary Bleasdale is an English actor born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1962. Bleasdale has appeared in many television programmes since 1978 when his first role was playing the lead in an episode of the final series of ""Z-Cars"". He played Kevin Dean in ""The Black Stuff"" (1978), and its sequel ""Boys From the Black Stuff"", (1982). He was a regular on ""The Harry Enfield Show"" for ten years playing one of ""The Scousers"". He has also appeared in ""Casualty"", ""Roger Roger"", ""The Bill"" and many other UK television dramas. He played the Sheriff's sergeant in the 2006 BBC"
"Aaron Hill (actor) Aaron Hill (born April 23, 1983) is an American actor most famous for his portrayal of ""Beaver"" on the television show ""Greek"". Born in Santa Clara, California, he began his acting career in 2001 with a single episode role on ""The Brothers Garcia"". He has since been seen in ""Mad Men"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Hannah Montana"", """", ""Breaking Bad"", ""How I Met Your Mother"", and was a regular on ABC Family's series ""Greek"". He made a cameo as a similar character in """". He started out doing small-time promotional videos for his church in"
"the series would soon be cancelled, and inspired in part by the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United Kingdom. The episode has earned positive responses from critics, and was seen by approximately 4.61 million households during its initial broadcast. On a farm in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1986, a farmer finds his entire warehouse of chickens dead, the floor soaked in blood. He attempts to run, but collapses dead, bleeding profusely and covered in dark lesions. Twelve years later, Millennium Group member Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) is visited by a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, Richard Gilbert (Glenn"
"show ""King of the Hill"" which is set in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas. ZZ Top's appearance on the show was due to Dusty Hill being given the role as the cousin of the show's main character Hank Hill. Frank Beard also voiced himself for the band's appearances on the show. Gibbons appeared as a dining room guest in the season-13 episode of ""Hell's Kitchen"". In 2011, Gibbons joined with Texas-based Mojo Products, LLC, to launch a line of hot sauces, barbecue sauces, and other products with his own personal branding, ""BFG Brand"". The sauces were sold as BFG"
"Daniel Hill (actor) Daniel J. Hill (born 6 February 1956) is an English actor known for his extensive work in television, theatre and film. He played the avaricious Harvey Bains, manager of the retirement home in ""Waiting for God"", alongside Stephanie Cole and Graham Crowden. He had earlier appeared with Martin Clunes and William Gaunt in the sitcom ""No Place Like Home"". He has also made appearances in several cult television programmes, most notable as Chasgo in ""Blake's 7"", Series 1 episode ""The Dessert Song"" of ""Minder"", and Chris Parsons in the incomplete ""Doctor Who"" story ""Shada"". Other roles include"
"sense does not take place, his courses would rather have the character of a cult. Bohlmann herself said in an interview: ″Nothing is his invention. All his sayings are calendar quotes [...] It's great manipulation that's taking place, but it works.″ Bernard Hiller Bernardo Hiller, aka ""Bernard, Bernie"" is an Actor, Singer, Dancer, Producer, Writer, Acting, Life and Business coach. Hiller has performed in many Broadway musicals including ""West Side Story"" and ""Fiddler on the Roof"". He has also appeared in several TV shows and films such as Jean Paul in Raising Helen, and Max Lansky in Lansky. He also"
"a priest on ""The Secret Storm"" from 1972-74, and as double-agent gangster Beau Richardson on ""The Edge of Night"" from 1976-77. David Gale (actor) David Quentin Gale (2 October 1936 – 18 August 1991) was a British actor. He is primarily known for his role as the evil, treacherous (and re-animated) neurosurgeon Dr. Carl Hill in the 1985 cult classic film ""Re-Animator"", and its 1990 sequel ""Bride of Re-Animator"". After ""Re-Animator's"" success, he was cast as a villain in a number of other science fiction and horror films such as ""The Guyver"", ""The First Power"", ""Syngenor"", and ""The Brain"", before"
"Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on the AMC crime drama series ""Breaking Bad"" and its spin-off ""Better Call Saul"", and for the HBO sketch comedy series ""Mr. Show with Bob and David"", which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross. From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows ""Saturday Night Live"" and ""The Ben Stiller Show"", winning two Emmys for his work. He"
"by drug kingpin Stringer Bell. Son of Darcia Wallace. Wallace is a 16-year-old drug dealer in the Barksdale crew's low rise projects organization (called ""The Pit""). He serves with Poot and Bodie Broadus under D'Angelo Barksdale through the entirety of season one. He shows the signs of a half-finished education — he can identify famous people on currency better than the rest of his crew (including D'Angelo, who objects when Wallace correctly points out that Alexander Hamilton was never president), but sometimes struggles with the math involved with drug dealing. He also takes responsibility for numerous younger kids in the"
"a reformed member of the Barksdale organization who has opened a boxing gym for neighborhood children. Two members of the third season starring cast did not return for the fourth season following the termination of their characters' storylines. Both Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell) left the starring cast in the final episode of the third season. Many guest stars from the earlier seasons reprised their roles. Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), the East Side's cautious drug kingpin, became more cooperative with the Stanfield Organization following the death of Stringer Bell. His lieutenant, and nephew, ""Cheese"" (Method"
"Harry Andrews Harry Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Sergeant Major Wilson in ""The Hill"" alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the 1965 National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. The first of his more than 80 film appearances was in ""The Red Beret"" in 1953. Harry Andrews was born on 10 November 1911, in Tonbridge, Kent. He was the son of Henry Arthur Andrews, a General"
"Brandon Tartikoff Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 – August 27, 1997) was an American television executive who was the president of NBC from 1980 to 1991. He was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as ""Hill Street Blues"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Law & Order"", ""ALF"", ""Family Ties"", ""The Cosby Show"", ""Cheers"", ""Seinfeld"", ""The Golden Girls"", ""Wings"", ""Miami Vice"", ""Knight Rider"", ""The A-Team"", ""Saved by the Bell,"" ""The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"" , ""St. Elsewhere"", and ""Night Court"". Tartikoff also helped develop the 1984 sitcom ""Punky Brewster""; he named the title character after a girl"
"it to the costume managers to select the right outfits for his parts. Notes Bob Odenkirk Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on the AMC crime drama series ""Breaking Bad"" and its spin-off ""Better Call Saul"", and for the HBO sketch comedy series ""Mr. Show with Bob and David"", which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross. From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows ""Saturday"
"productions. As Bob Hill, he played the lead in ""Dark Valley"", Gospel Films, 1961, and was awarded the ""Christian Oscar"" by the National Evangelical Film Foundation (NEFF) for Best Actor of the Year. His role as Jericho in ""Slaves"", produced by Theatre Guild Films in 1969 and released by Walter Reade was praised as ""excellent"" by the ""Boston Herald"". Terry Kay in ""The Atlanta Journal"" described him as ""a remarkably talented actor,"" adding ""Kya-Hill is the finest actor in the cast, which includes Stephen Boyd, Ossie Davis, and Dionne Warwick."" He reveals ""a peculiar and magnificent fire, an unleashed freedom"
"show longer than seven consecutive series. Aidan has since appeared in ""The Bill"", ""Casualty"" and ""Rose and Maloney"". Aidan J. David Aidan J. David (born 23 December 1981) is a British actor, best known for playing James Arnold (Arnie) in the BBC school drama ""Grange Hill"". He appeared in the show from 1994 to 2001. Arnie, who came from an affluent background, was one of the show's most popular characters during the 1990s, and in 2000 the previously healthy character had to come to terms with epilepsy. In a first for ""Grange Hill"", Arnie was brought back for an extra"
"and is then deployed in places that his size allows him to infiltrate. In 2015, Helms played the character Mickey on the web series ""Jake and Amir"" after Tweeting his support for the series. Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for his work as a correspondent on ""The Daily Show"" as well as playing Andy Bernard in the U.S. version of ""The Office,"" the Once-ler in ""The Lorax"" (2012), Stuart Price in ""The Hangover"" trilogy, and Mr. Krupp/Captain Underpants in """" (2017). Helms was born in Atlanta,"
"TV shows such as ""30 Rock"", ""The Drew Carey Show"", and ""ER"", including reoccurring roles on ""The Hughleys"", ""Third Watch"" and """". He has been cast frequently in dramatic roles, playing a detective in the Coen Brothers film ""The Man Who Wasn't There"" and Martin Scorsese's ""The Departed"" and Police Captain Hill in Tony Scott's ""The Taking of Pelham 123"". In 2003, he was cast in the television pilot for the CBS one-hour drama ""The Brotherhood of Poland New Hampshire"" as one of three brothers along with Randy Quaid and John Carroll Lynch, but was replaced later by Chris Penn"
"Joe Gould in ""Cinderella Man"" (2005), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Chief Inspector Uhl in ""The Illusionist"" (2006), Karl Hertz in ""Shoot 'Em Up"" (2007), Nicholas ""Nick"" Claus in ""Fred Claus"" (2007), Tom Duffy in """" (2011), Theophilus Freeman in ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013), Ralph in ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), Eugene Landy in ""Love & Mercy"" (2015), Dr. Lawrence Hayes in ""San Andreas"" (2015) and Jerry Heller in ""Straight Outta Compton"" (2015). He played the titular character in the HBO miniseries ""John Adams"" (2008), which earned him a Golden Globe Award,"
"Corkhill). Finnegan was eventually locked in a container and ended up in Kenya and subsequently had to have a kidney transplant. Barry Grant was the only character to have appeared in the first episode in November 1982 and appeared in the final episode in November 2003. Bobby and Sheila Grant initially raised their three children Barry, Karen and Damon on a run-down Liverpool council estate. Barry, the eldest, was always the black sheep of the family. Barry was expelled from school at age 15 for attacking a group of bullies who constantly picked on and bullied his best friend Terry"
"already a regular stand-up character of Lucas's and would go on to be a fixture of ""Little Britain"". The show was transmitted from 12 May to 16 June 1998, on BBC2, Wednesdays at 10.20 p.m. In each edition, Sir Bernard and murderer/friend Anthony Rogers would investigate a number of country estates while searching for the Golden Potato, an advertising stunt which would win them a year's supply of Allen's Crisps (""the cheaper crisp!""). Each house is named after a character or actor from ""Grange Hill"". Further popular culture is revisited at the end of episode 5, in which the pair"