Dockers

About this episode

The episode reviews the 1999 film 'Dockers', which depicts the Liverpool dockers strike of the 1990s.

We review the 1999 film, co-written by Irvine Welsh and Jimmy McGovern, that tells the story of the 1990's Liverpool dockers strike.

People in this episode

Hosts: Damien Kiely, James King

Topics covered

• film review
• Irvine Welsh
• Liverpool dockers strike
• 1990s history
• cinema

Keywords

• Dockers
• Irvine Welsh
• Jimmy McGovern
• Liverpool
• 1990s
• film review
• dockers strike

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dockers, 1999 film

Places: Liverpool

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