1 Season
9 Episode
Our Friends in the North - Season 1 Episode 1 1964
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...
- Year: 1996
- Country:
- Genre: War & Politics, Drama
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: 1970s, northern england, politics, friends, miniseries, period drama, 1980s, 1960s, 1990s
- Director: Peter Flannery
- Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Daniel Craig, Peter Vaughan, Alun Armstrong