Lost and forgotten dramas

[Floogal]

A few weeks ago I started a thread about hard to find documentaries. A few people brought up Cathy Comes Home and Play for today. They're a bit before my time but I remember things like Screen One and Two in late 80s to mid 90s. Like the documentaries, they are difficult to find on YouTube and has no DVD release (as far as I know).
The ones I remember are:

1. Alive and Kicking (1991) where Lenny Henry plays a reformed yardie who forms a football team for recovering drug addicts with the help of tough social worker played by Robbie Coltrane (similar to his Cracker character). Apparently it's based on a true story. I specifically remember this one as they showed it to us in social studies at school.
2. Somewhere to run (1989) about two teenage runaways. Stars the lady who plays Simon's mum in Inbetweeners.
3. On the 8 ball (1998). Also about Yardies.
4. On the edge of the razor blade (1998- I think that's what it was called). About these two women who hide in a public toilet to get away from rapacious drug dealers. There's a bit when one turns on the other because she was left to be assaulted while the other one was too high. It was on a gay film season on channel 4.
5. Dancing in the dark. Set in Liverpool. A woman bumps into her ex boyfriend on her hen do
6. Letter to Breshnev. Sometime in the 80s. Also set in Liverpool where this girl falls in love with a Russian sailor and tries to join him in the USSR.

Does anyone else remember these. Or where to find them, or do you remember any hard to find dramas?

Boys from the blackstuff

Classic

Yes! Thank you crosspurposes!

According to JustWatch app not on any services but you can notify it to tell you when it appears.

That's on 4 on demand! I must rewatch too

Mackenzie - around 1980, does anyone remember it

Also The Lakes with John Simm

Also Traffik

Connie with Stephanie Beacham...think her performance in this must have got her the part of Sable in Dynasty.

Cheesy and campy 80s magnificence...in my memory at least!

Ooooh I had forgotten about CONNIE! Yeah, that was good!

Band of Gold
Brides of Christ
Judge John Deed

Bad girls

First series I remember were To Serve Them All My Days about a schoolteacher and Tom Brown’s Schooldays. I loved them both although I couldn’t always follow the plot.

i remember staying off school and watching something called Village Hall (?) possibly a series of one off plays each set around a different occasion in a village hall.

And The Brothers, which my mum and her friends were obsessed with. Past my bedtime and (whispers) decidedly too raunchy.

And later a drama called Big Deal. I just remember the main character was called Bobby Box and he was possibly a professional gambler. Loved it but can’t recall that much now, sadly.

I remember this! I loved it! I felt like I’d imagined it cos it never got repeated or mentioned anywhere 😂

I loved the original 1975 version which was written by Terry Nation.

I Claudius

Flambards

Just watched Jason and the Argonauts with the teenagers on Saturday night. Loved it. 😍

Sorry not a TV series but it is ancient.

I’m glad you reminded me - I keep meaning to watch this!

Came on to say this! Have it on DVD, brilliant tv!

The Sullivans
Flying Doctors
Crown Court (not strictly a drama but superb)

The Sullivans was huge amongst our cohort at school. We used to rush home at lunchtime to watch it.

White Heat - BBC drama set in '60s about students living in a shared house was great always remember that one

You've just unlocked a memory with The Sullivans. It was on during a Saturday lunchtime with The Chart Show and The Munsters ( probably the remake of The Munsters) .

Also - Nice Work, from 1989.

Does anyone else remember Bracken, an Irish series from about 1980 starring Gabriel Byrne?

Was that the one with Haydn Gwynne? Book by David Lodge?

Loved Crown Court - used to bunk school to watch it.

That’s the one. So sad about Haydn Gwynne recently passing away at just 66.