Alan Igbon

Alan Igbon Trailers

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Of West African and Irish heritage, Mancunian jobbing actor Alan Igbon was a familiar figure on our screens from the 1970s onwards. Most famously, Igbon starred as Meakin in Alan Clarke's 1979 film version of Scum and as Loggo in the seminal drama The Boys From The Blackstuff. Penned by Alan Bleasdale, it was the start of a working relationship that saw Igbon appear in several other productions from the writer, including GBH and Blood on the Dole. Other credits included the rasta Sheldon in the comedy series The Front Line, a student in Alan Bennett's Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf and a minder to ex Boys co-star Michael Angelis in the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He also appeared in the soaps Brookside and Coronation Street and the films Babylon and Water. Early in January 2021 it was announced on Twitter by friend and fellow actor Louis Emerick that Igbon has died at some time in December at the age of 68.

Most Popular Alan Igbon Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

Water Trailer (1985)

11 January 1985

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

Babylon Trailer (1980)

07 November 1980

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Trailer (1978)

02 December 1978

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

Blood on the Dole Trailer (1994)

18 October 1994

Alan Bleasdale's touching yet frank drama for Channel 4 about the struggles of a group of young adults leaving school in a deprived area of Liverpool.

Cold Enough for Snow Trailer (1997)

31 December 1997

Doting parents must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships.

The Black Stuff Trailer (1980)

02 January 1980

A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesbrough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.

Gobble Trailer (1997)

15 February 1997

As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".

Scum Trailer (1979)

12 September 1979

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.

The Daughters of Albion Trailer (1979)

01 May 1979

Three biscuit factory girls mix with students at a party.. Boozing, smoking, jaunty cross-talk and invitations to come to bed follow.