GBH was a seven-part British television drama scripted by Alan Bleasdale that aired on Channel 4 in the summer of 1991. Michael Murray, the Militant tendency-supporting Labour leader of a municipal council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson, the headmaster of a school for troubled children, were the protagonists. Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council — in an interview on the G.B.H. DVD, Bleasdale recounts an unintentional 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." The letters "GBH" are commonly used to relate to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm; nevertheless, the real aim of the letters is to stand for Great British Holiday.
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GBH was a seven-part British television drama scripted by Alan Bleasdale that aired on Channel 4 in the summer of 1991. Michael Murray, the Militant tendency-supporting Labour leader of a municipal council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson, the headmaster of a school for troubled children, were the protagonists. Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council — in an interview on the G.B.H. DVD, Bleasdale recounts an unintentional 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." The letters "GBH" are commonly used to relate to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm; nevertheless, the real aim of the letters is to stand for Great British Holiday.
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