Blood on the Dole
(1994)

Released: 1994-10-18

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Alan Bleasdale's touching yet frank drama for Channel 4 about the struggles of a group of young adults leaving school in a deprived area of Liverpool. Starring Stephen Walters, Suzanne Maddock and Amanda Mealing. Based on the acclaimed play by Jim Morris, voted Most Promising Playwright by the Financial Times and Morning Star in 1981. Blood on the Dole shows the lives of four teenagers, two boys and two girls, struggling to cope after being thrust into the real world for the first time after leaving school. Living in deprived Merseyside, the four youths' bright-eyed optimism for their futures and new-found freedom is soon crushed by the realities of unemployment, poverty, and the brutal reality of living and trying to find work in a city in decline. They all soon find themselves in the hopeless situation of facing complete dependence on state handouts, "the dole". The four teenagers instead find themselves turning to each other to find the strength to survive.

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Stephen Walters

as Joey Jackson

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Philip Dowd

as Ricky Jones

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Suzanne Maddock

as Cathy Thompson

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Rachel Caldwell

as Jean Kavanagh

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Aneirin Hughes

as David Williams

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Jake Abraham

as Paul Price

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Gill West

as Jobcentre Receptionist

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Jodie Draper

as Jobcentre Receptionist

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Andrew Schofield

as Post Office Supervisor

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Alan Igbon

as Art Gallery Attendant

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Dilys Price

as Mrs Williams

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Elwyn Hughes

as Mr Williams

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Noreen Kershaw

as Aunty Vera

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