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

1984

Our Friends in the North

BAFTA-winning drama about four pals from Tyneside's journey though life

Four young pals from Tyneside plunge into the 1960s. Caught up in the social and political upheavals of the following decades, see how they all fare. 

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While Nicky decides he wants to change the world, Mary and Tosker make a big mistake.

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.

While Harold Wilson and The Beatles rule, everything has changed for the four geordies.

1966

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

Geordie has an affair and cracks are appearing in the Cox's marriage.

1967

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

Geordie tracks Nicky down & takes him for a night out but things don't go smoothly.

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.

Geordie is bent on revenge while Tosker and Mary's careers seem to be pulling them apart.

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.

Nicky stands for Parliament while Tosker find himself falling in love.

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.

Nicky is now married but finds himself distracted, & Tosker's relationship falters.

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.

Nicky is drawn back to Newcastle by loss and finds himself reunited with his friends.

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.

Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North

Series 1

1. 1964

2. 1966

3. 1967

4. 1970

5. 1974

6. 1979

7. 1984

8. 1987

9. 1995