Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes is a fictional character from Alan Bleasdale's 1982 (written in 1978) television series Boys from the Blackstuff, set in Liverpool...

fifty years. Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and...

industry, having topped 1 million for most of the 1970s. The character of Yosser Hughes was widely discussed. He was a man driven to the edge of his sanity...

Northwest of England, and remembered "a steady stream of real-life Yosser Hughes types" imploring him to give them jobs. The most he could do, he recalls...

was transmitted on BBC2 in 1982. Bernard Hill starred in the role of Yosser Hughes, whose catch-phrase "Gizza job" became synonymous with the mass unemployment...

reference to the city of Glasgow's violent reputation. The character Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff was noted for headbutting people and inanimate...

Box Theatre 21 April – 21 August 2011 2023 Boys From The Blackstuff Yosser Hughes Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool 15 September – 28 October 2023 2024 National...

Bernard Hill – film, stage and television actor, known for playing Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff and roles in blockbuster films, including...

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nicknamed Yosser Hughes, after the character of the same name from the television series Boys from the Blackstuff. After retiring as a player, Hughes worked...