Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
7.8
Score
27
Peter Flannery
BBC Two

Our Friends in the North trailer

David Bradley
Eddie Wells

Freda Dowie
Florrie Hutchinson

Alun Armstrong
Austin Donohue

Malcolm McDowell
Benny Barratt

Geoffrey Hutchings
John Edwards
Frank Couchman
Frank Couchman
Patrick Soulsby

Donald Sumpter
Commander Harold Chapple

Danny Webb
DS Ron Conrad

Saskia Wickham
Claudia Seabrook

Julian Fellowes
Claud Seabrook

Daniel Casey
Anthony Cox
Rod Culbertson
Rod Culbertson
Bede Connor

Val McLane
Rita Cox
Tony Hodge
Tony Hodge
Brian Cox

Tony Haygarth
Roy Johnson