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G.B.H.
Ended
6/6/1991
en - GB
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.
Drama
Actors

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

Alan Igbon
Teddy

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

Gareth Tudor Price
Richard Grenville

Colin Douglas
Frank Twist

Jimmy Mulville
Philip

John Henshaw
Murray's Minder

Anna Friel
Susan Nelson

Hayley Fairclough
Jessica Nelson

Edward Mallon
Mark Nelson

Daniel Street-Brown
Robbie Burns

Serena Harragin
Miss Hutchinson

Stephen Hall
Young Michael Murray

Michelle Atkinson
Young Barbara

Ayesa Toure
Monica

Michael Fernandez
Jake

Paul Oldham
Joey

Gary Mavers
Billy

Wayne Foskett
Macker

Niall Tóibín
Michael Murray Snr

Steve Halliwell
Bubbles' Friend

Clifford Rose
Judge Critchley

William Gaunt
Hunningdon

Amanda Mealing
Beth

Cliff Howells
Joseph Cartwright

Paul Butterworth
Terry

David J. Nicholls
Poacher Terry

Freddie Fletcher
Poacher Vic

Peter Armitage
Mr Burns

Arthur Spreckley
Grandfather Burns

Jean Anderson
Dr Goldup

William Franklyn
Distinguished Gent

James Tomlinson
Stan

Jake Abraham
Black Waiter

Noreen Kershaw
Maureen Murray

Chris Hargreaves
Scrawny Thug

Judith Barker
Margie

Debra Gillett
Sylvia

Chris Darwin
Barry

Ken Kitson
Vince

Kulvinder Ghir
Ravi

Norman Mills
Redneck Councillor

Ray Emmet Brown
West Indian

Anthony Benson
Norman

Keith Clifford
Coach Driver
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