Bernard Hill, actor who rose to fame in Boys from the Blackstuff, dies aged 79 https://t.co/dmBU5Ssk3y— The Guardian (@guardian) May 5, 2024Bernard Hill was born into a working class Mancunian mining family, and since this was the postwar UK when social mobility in the arts was somewhat a thing, he was able to pursue a career as an actor. Somewhat ironically (or fittingly) in light of this, his breakthrough TV role came in Boys from the Blackstuff, a critique of the economics of Thatcher-era... Read this story