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Our Friends in the North

1996 · 1 season · 1h 10m per episode · Drama, War & Politics

Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

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Seasons

• Miniseries — 9 episodes (January 14, 1996)

Cast

• Christopher Eccleston as Nicky Hutchinson
• Mark Strong as Terry 'Tosker' Cox
• Gina McKee as Mary Cox (née Soulsby)

Details

Created by

Peter Flannery

First aired

January 15, 1996

Episodes

9

Genres

Drama, War & Politics

Network

BBC Two

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.7 / 10 from 26 votes