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G.B.H. - TV Series - 1991 - MKV

by: Alan Bleasdale

Publication date: 1991-06-06

Topics: tv, tv show, tv series, 90s, 1991, bbc, uk, drama, Alan Bleasdale

Collection: classic_tv_1990s; classic_tv; television

Language: English

G.B.H. - TV Series - 1991 - MKV

Video Size: 714x480

GBH is a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists are Michael Murray (played by Robert Lindsay), the hard-left Labour leader of a city council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson (played by Michael Palin), the headmaster of a special school.

The series was controversial partly because Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council—in an interview in the G.B.H. DVD Bleasdale recounts an accidental meeting with Hatton before the series, who indicates that he has caught wind of Bleasdale's intentions but does not mind as long as the actor playing him is "handsome".

In normal parlance, the initials "GBH" refer to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm (i.e. causing someone serious injury). However, Bleasdale claimed in an interview on the DVD that the title is supposed to stand for "Great British Holiday".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.B.H._(TV_series)