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Our Friends in the North (1996)
Directed by Stuart Urban, Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James
Overview
A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) the personal lives of the characters become intertwined with the political struggles of their home town of Newcastle, and the capital, London. We also see the machinations behind the scenes that affect their lives, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners’ Strike.
Length 623 minutes
Actors
Peter Vaughan | Jean Heywood | David Schofield | Stephen Marcus | Christopher Eccleston | Alun Armstrong | Mark Strong | Doreen Mantle | Daniel Craig | Julian Fellowes | Terence Rigby | David Bradley | Nicholas Palliser | Andrew Grainger | Gina McKee | Tony Haygarth | Donald Sumpter | Pete Lee-Wilson | Malcolm Terris | Peter Halliday | Gavin Muir | Peter Cellier | Danny Webb | Malcolm McDowell | Douglas McFerran | Angeline Ball | Chris Walker | Sean Gilder | Trevor Cooper | Peter Jeffrey | Colette Brown | Craig Conway | Geoffrey Hutchings | Pearce Quigley | Paul Greenwood | Freda Dowie | Larry Lamb | David Schaal | Granville Saxton | David MacCreedy | Daniel Casey | Nicholas Selby | Leon Lissek | Rod Culbertson | Siobhan Burke | Tracey Wilkinson | Louise Salter | Steven Hillman | Robert Putt | Trevor Fox | Charlie Hardwick | David Begg | Tony Barton | Shaun Prendergast | Mark Drewry | George Sweeney | Heather Tobias | Saskia Wickham | Valerie Minifie | Val McLane | Bobby Knutt | Willie Ross | Libby Davison | Angela Bruce | Mark Pegg | John Dair | Alan Gilchrist | Elspeth Charlton | Joanna Bacon | Tony Hodge | Steven Bronowski | Harry Herring | Anne Orwin | Jean Southern | Ron Davies | Frank Couchman | Harriet Keevil | Melvyn Barnes