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Our Friends in the North

TV-MA

1996 70mDrama, History,

8.67.4

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Drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.

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1 Season

Miniseries
Miniseries9 Episodes
Specials
Specials1 Episode

Cast of Our Friends in the North

Christopher EcclestonNicky Hutchinson
Gina McKeeMary Cox
Mark StrongTosker Cox
Daniel CraigGeordie Peacock
Peter VaughanFelix Hutchinson
Alun ArmstrongAustin Donohue
David BradleyEddie Wells
Freda DowieFlorrie Hutchinson
Malcolm McDowellBenny Barratt
Frank CouchmanPatrick Soulsby
Geoffrey HutchingsJohn Edwards
David SchofieldDCI John Salway
Donald SumpterCommander Harold Chapple
Danny WebbRon Conrad
Anne OrwinMrs Weightman
Saskia WickhamClaudia Seabrook
Tony HaygarthRoy Johnson
Rod CulbertsonBede Connor
Louise Kim SalterJulia Allen
Mark DrewryMichael Frisch
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Our Friends in the North Ratings & Reviews

Rowan KrzysiakFebruary 6, 2025

Take the foundations of 'Cold Feet', a dose of '7up', a sprinkle of 'This Life' and set it all mostly in Newcastle and you'll have 'Our Friends in the North'. It spans 31 years in just 9 episodes dealing with a serious mixture of topics on macro and micro scales. Individual moments can be frustrating or hammed up to the max (in the case of the Soho stuff) but the feelings you're left with when those final credits roll are uniquely reflective. You, your social group, your family and England in general are all on the table and open to exposure. Interesting even if just for its cast who all became stars. Not without its flaws but recommended nonetheless. To a select few I would suggest it as essential viewing.

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