Who played Michael Murray in Alan Bleasdale's TV drama G.B.H.?
G.B.H. (TV series) G.B.H. (TV series) GBH is a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists are Michael Murray (played by Robert Lindsay), the hard-left Labour leader of a city council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson (played by Michael Palin), the headmaster of a special school. 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
Alan Bleasdale Elvis Presley, attracted controversy at a festival for its course language and adult subject matter. Regardless of the objections, brought up in the provincial legislature, the play was a success for the festival. Bleasdale penned the political drama "G.B.H." (Great British Holiday) for Channel 4 in 1991. Centering on the political upheaval of the Labour Party in Liverpool, "G.B.H." pits mild-mannered protagonist Jim Nelson against the northern City Council leader Michael Murray. 1994 saw Bleasdale collaborating with Keith Thompson and David Jones on an anthology of four filmed dramas written by authors who had no prior screenwriting credits. The scripts