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Our Friends in the North

19961h 10m / epDrama · War & Politics

First aired

January 15, 1996

7.7

TMDB Score

77% match · 26 votes

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S01 · E01

1964

Miniseries · Jan 15, 1996 · 1h 10m

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E01Playing

1964

Jan 15, 1996 · 1h 10m

E02▶

1966

Jan 15, 1996 · 1h 10m

E03▶

1967

Jan 29, 1996 · 1h 10m

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1970

Feb 5, 1996 · 1h 10m

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1974

Feb 12, 1996 · 1h 10m

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1979

Feb 19, 1996 · 1h 10m

E07▶

1984

Feb 26, 1996 · 1h 10m

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1987

Mar 4, 1996 · 1h 10m

E09▶

1995

Mar 11, 1996 · 1h 10m

The year is 1964. Nick Hutchinson returns from America, where he has been involved in civil rights movements, to his parent's home in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. There he catches up with his girlfriend Mary Soulsby and his best mate Geordie Peacock. Geordie is keen that Nicky forms a band with him and his friend Tosker Cox. However, Nicky is more interested in taking part in the run-up to the 1964 General Election, helping one of his father's old friends, Eddie Wells. Mary tires of Nicky's lack of attention and becomes involved with Tosker. Geordie meanwhile gets a girl pregnant and decides to leave Newcastle for London...

About the Series

DramaWar & Politics

Synopsis

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.

CreatorPeter Flannery