You are here

Shields Stories (1988)

Tweet

Film details

Featuring

Amber Styles Ray Stubbs Art Davis
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1988
Type

Film

Synopsis

Ten short dramas with interlinking characters and themes reveal the plight of a group or working class people of all ages, struggling to survive in an era of harsh Conservative policies. Titles of episodes: 1. Ray gets a job; 2. Accident; 3. Truant; 4. Debt; 5. Joyride; 6. Probation; 7. Florrie; 8. Reading and writing; 9. Hot dogs; 10. Pregnancy

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Betty
    
    Amber Styles
  - Ray
    
    Ray Stubbs
  - Bert
    
    Art Davis
  - Mickey
    
    Wayne Buck
  - Lil
    
    Norma Day
  - Harry
    
    Tom Hadaway
  - Gwen
    
    Gwen Doran
  - ambulance driver
    
    Brian Hogg
  - welfare officer
    
    Pauline Moriarty
  - Derek
    
    Robson Green
  - Sharon
    
    Anne Gascoigne
  - 1st policeman
    
    Richard Sands
  - 2nd policeman
    
    Mike Yeaman
  - Andy Kennedy
    
    Jim Killeen
  - Florrie
    
    Jean Southern
  - gasman
    
    Denny Ferguson
  - Jimmy
    
    Mike Elliot
  - man at DHSS
    
    Mickey Dolan
  - Kevin
    
    Kevin Buck
  - foreman
    
    Alan Hockey
  - cast member
    
    Meadowell Credit Union members
  - cast member
    
    Ralph Gardiner's School Dinner Ladies
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Production Company
    
    Amber Films
  - Financial assistance
    
    Northern Arts
  - Financial assistance
    
    Channel Four
  - Production Crew
    
    Ellin Hare
  - Production Crew
    
    Peter Roberts
  - Production Crew
    
    Richard Grassick
  - Production Crew
    
    Tomlinson, Judy
  - Production Crew
    
    Murray Martin
  - Production Crew
    
    Brian Mcevoy
  - Script
    
    Kitty Fitzgerald
  - Script
    
    Tom Hadaway
  - Script
    
    Steve Trafford
  - Music
    
    Ray Stubbs
  - Music
    
    Sammy Johnson

Latest from the BFI

Latest news, features and opinion.

More information

Films, TV and people

Film lists and highlights from BFI Player.

More information

Sight & Sound magazine

Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.

More information

You are here

Back to the top