Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written novels. His most notable works include Boys From the Blackstuff, The Monocled Mutineer and GBH.

On screen

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Behind the camera

  • Julie Walters and Friends
  • No Surrender
  • The Muscle Market
  • A Turn for the Worse
  • The Black Stuff
  • Scully's New Year's Eve
  • Dangerous Ambition
  • Early to Bed

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