Our Friends in the North
Daniel Craig and Christopher Eccleston star in this drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the 1960's to the 1990's.
- Drama
- Year 1996
- 1 Season
Daniel Craig and Christopher Eccleston star in this drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the 1960's to the 1990's.
- Year: 1996
E1 • 1964
1964: While Nicky decides he wants to change the world and Geordie heads for London, Mary and Tosker make a life changing mistake.
E2 • 1966
1966: While Harold Wilson and The Beatles rule England, everything has changed for the four from Newcastle.
E3 • 1967
1967: Geordie flirts with danger in his affair with Barratt's mistress. Mary and Tosker's flat and marriage are both falling apart.
E4 • 1970
1970: Geordie works in Barratt's porn empire, Nicky is a politcal activist - the reunion is disaster. Both wanted by the police. Tosker is a businessman, Mary a local politician.
E5 • 1974
1974: The world has turned sour for the four friends. Geordie is in jail, while Tosker works in a sausage factory. Tosker and Mary's marriage is a sham.
E6 • 1979
1979: As a new decade approaches, the friends are divided again. Nicky stands for Parliament, Tosker falls in love with the woman of his dreams and Geordie begins to deal in drugs.
E7 • 1984
1984: The miners' strike dominates both the country and the lives of the four friends.
E8 • 1987
1987: On the night of the 1987 hurricane Nicky leaves Mary; Tosker and Elaine, broken by the Stockmarket crash find comfort in each other and Eddie Wells dies of a heart attack.
E9 • 1995
1995: Florrie has died, Nicky has come back to his roots and Mary; Geordie has become an alcoholic and Tosker realises his dream of a floating nightclub.
