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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.
boys' night, teens
england, politics, miniseries, british politics, headmaster, local politics
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asJim Nelson
asMichael Murray
asBarbara Douglas
asMrs. Murray
asLaura Nelson
asLou Barnes
asPeter Grenville
asTeddy
asMartin Niarchos
asMr Weller
asFranky Murray
asGrosvenor
asEileen Critchley
asBubbles McGuire
asMervyn Sloan
asGeoff
asDiane Niarchos
asRichard Grenville
asFrank Twist
asPhilip
asMurray's Minder
asSusan Nelson
asJessica Nelson
asMark Nelson
asRobbie Burns
asMiss Hutchinson
asYoung Michael Murray
asYoung Barbara
asMonica
asJake
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