Available in the US?


I've raved about this series for so long to American friends but have never been able to show them. Anyone kow how I can get a copy of all 5 parts in US format?

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I know this is like 3 years late but you can get them region 2, and then get a region free DVD player, only way i know of.

Be glad you sailed for a better day
But don`t forget there`ll be hell to pay
-Flogging Molly

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yep that is probably the only way, try www.amazon.co.uk to buy it and also find a dvd region decode for your particular player go to google.com and search "dvd region unlock" then look for your particular model number.

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I know that it's three-and-a-half years ago since you wrote your message.
But for anyone interested, I've found two episodes of BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF on YouTube, 'Yosser's Story' (the magnificent Bernard Hill playing Yosser Hughes) and 'Shop Thy Neighbour'.





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I've found two episodes of BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF on YouTube,




Thanks for that piece of info

I am gonna go and see if there still on Youtube


I was a bit too young to appreciate the series when it was first on tv




And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the west

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Great News: The entire series is available as a single clip on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8C2n7gwSU4

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I'm watching it on Youtube here in the States right now. Would you mind answering a (dumb) question- what is the 'Blackstuff'? Is that explained in the series or is it something all British people just know?

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The "Blackstuff" is Tarmacadam or bitmac - bituminous Macadam. It is a general purpose paving material used for most grades of highway and the sidewalks. I believe it is generally known as asphalt in the States.

I suspect referring to it as "the black stuff" is much less common today than it once was. It is explained if you watch the original play, The Black Stuff (1980), which is all about the boys laying the black stuff in Middlesbrough and pulling a foreigner, a job on the side. This is how they come to be in the various situations explored in Boys from the Blackstuff.

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Thank you!

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No trouble, and thanks for taking the time to say thanks. Enjoy the series.

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