G.B.H.
1991/06/06 - 1991/07/18 • Ended • 1 Seasons • English
Overview
GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael Murray, the Militant tendency-supporting Labour leader of a city council in the North of England and Jim Nelson, the headmaster of a school for disturbed children. 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 - however, the actual intent of the letters is that it is supposed to stand for Great British Holiday.
Creator(s) : Alan Bleasdale
Casts
Michael Palin
Jim Nelson
Robert Lindsay
Michael Murray
Lindsay Duncan
Barbara Douglas
Julie Walters
Mrs. Murray
Dearbhla Molloy
Laura Nelson
Tom Georgeson
Lou Barnes
Andrew Schofield
Peter Grenville
Michael Angelis
Martin Niarchos
David Ross
Mr Weller
Philip Whitchurch
Franky Murray
Daniel Massey
Grosvenor
Jane Danson
Eileen Critchley
Peter-Hugo Daly
Bubbles McGuire
Paul Daneman
Mervyn Sloan
Bill Stewart
Geoff
Julia St. John
Diane Niarchos
Colin Douglas
Frank Twist
Jimmy Mulville
Philip
John Henshaw
Murray's Minder
Anna Friel
Susan Nelson
Wayne Foskett
Macker
Niall Tóibín
Michael Murray Snr
Steve Halliwell
Bubbles' Friend
Clifford Rose
Judge Critchley
William Gaunt
Hunningdon
Amanda Mealing
Beth
Paul Butterworth
Terry
Freddie Fletcher
Poacher Vic
Peter Armitage
Mr Burns
Jean Anderson
Dr Goldup
William Franklyn
Distinguished Gent
Jake Abraham
Black Waiter
Noreen Kershaw
Maureen Murray
Ken Kitson
Vince
Kulvinder Ghir
Ravi
Keith Clifford
Coach Driver
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