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G.B.H.

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.

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G.B.H.

June 6, 1991
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Cast (59)

Lindsay Duncan
Barbara Douglas
Anna Friel
Susan Nelson
Julie Walters
Mrs. Murray
Michael Palin
Jim Nelson
William Gaunt
Hunningdon
Robert Lindsay
Michael Murray
Tom Georgeson
Lou Barnes
Dearbhla Molloy
Laura Nelson
Michael Angelis
Martin Niarchos
John Henshaw
Murray's Minder
Freddie Fletcher
Poacher Vic
Peter-Hugo Daly
Bubbles McGuire
David Ross
Mr Weller
Jean Anderson
Dr Goldup
Andrew Schofield
Peter Grenville
Daniel Massey
Grosvenor
David J. Nicholls
Poacher Terry
Steve Halliwell
Bubbles' Friend
Paul Daneman
Mervyn Sloan
Keith Clifford
Coach Driver
William Franklyn
Distinguished Gent
Colin Douglas
Frank Twist
Clifford Rose
Judge Critchley
Jake Abraham
Black Waiter
Jane Danson
Eileen Critchley
Julia St. John
Diane Niarchos
Peter Armitage
Mr Burns
Philip Whitchurch
Franky Murray
Noreen Kershaw
Maureen Murray
Chris Hargreaves
Scrawny Thug
Gareth Tudor Price
Richard Grenville
Niall Tóibín
Michael Murray Snr
Norman Mills
Redneck Councillor
Ray Emmet Brown
West Indian
Cliff Howells
Joseph Cartwright
Serena Harragin
Miss Hutchinson
Michelle Atkinson
Young Barbara
Hayley Fairclough
Jessica Nelson
Stephen Hall
Young Michael Murray
Daniel Street-Brown
Robbie Burns
Edward Mallon
Mark Nelson
Arthur Spreckley
Grandfather Burns
Ayesa Toure
Monica

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Directing

Robert Young
Director

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Verity Lambert
Executive Producer
David E. Jones
Producer
Alan Bleasdale
Producer

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