Our Friends in the North

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  • DRAMA & SOAPS
  • 1h
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BAFTA-winning drama about four pals from Tyneside's journey though life

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Series 1

1. 1964

Epic drama charting 30 years in the lives of four north of England friends from 1964-1995. While Nicky decides he wants to change the world and Geordie heads for London, Mary and Tosker make a life changing mistake.

2. 1966

While Harold Wilson and The Beatles rule England, everything has changed for the four from Newcastle.

3. 1967

Geordie flirts with danger in his affair with Barratt's mistress. Mary and Tosker's flat and marriage are both falling apart.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 1984

1984: The miners' strike dominates both the country and the lives of the four friends.

8. 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.

9. 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.