Our Friends in the North

A long, sobering sweep through decades of friendship and compromise, watching ideals erode under politics and time; patient, talky and quietly devastating.

Created by

Peter Flannery

Genres

Drama, War & politics

Starring

Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Daniel Craig

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Politics, friendship, corruption, class

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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