Our Friends in the North - Complete Series - 3-DVD Box Set

Our Friends in the North - Complete Series - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$35.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
630 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Simon Cellan Jones
Pedr James

Written By:
Peter Flannery

Actors:
Christopher Eccleston ..... Nicky Hutchinson
Mark Strong ..... Tosker Cox
Gina McKee ..... Mary Cox
Daniel Craig ..... Geordie Peacock
Peter Vaughan ..... Felix Hutchinson
David Bradley ..... Eddie Wells (8 episodes, 1996)
Freda Dowie ..... Florrie Hutchinson (7 episodes, 1996)
Alun Armstrong ..... Austin Donohue (5 episodes, 1996)
Malcolm McDowell ..... Benny Barrett
Danny Webb ..... Detective Inspector Ron Conrad
David Schofield ..... DCI John Salway / ... (4 episodes, 1996)
Geoffrey Hutchings ..... John Edwards (4 episodes, 1996)
Donald Sumpter ..... Commander Harold Chapple
Frank Couchman ..... Patrick Soulsby (4 episodes, 1996)
Daniel Casey ..... Anthony Cox
Rod Culbertson ..... Bede Connor
Tony Haygarth ..... Roy Johnson (3 episodes, 1996)
Tracey Wilkinson ..... Elaine Cox / ... (3 episodes, 1996)
Peter Jeffrey ..... Commisioner Colin Blamire
John Dair ..... Charlie Dawson (3 episodes, 1996)
Mark Drewry ..... Michael Frisch (3 episodes, 1996)
Louise Salter ..... Julia Allen (3 episodes, 1996)
Anne Orwin ..... Mrs Weightman (3 episodes, 1996)
Saskia Wickham ..... Claudia Seabrook (3 episodes, 1996)
Val McLane ..... Rita Cox (3 episodes, 1996)
Tony Hodge ..... Brian Cox
Julian Fellowes ..... Claud Seabrook (3 episodes, 1996)
David Begg ..... Billy Shaughnessy (2 episodes, 1996)
Terence Rigby ..... Berger
Trevor Fox ..... Harry (2 episodes, 1996)
Harriet Keevil ..... Helen Windsor (2 episodes, 1996)
Craig Conway ..... Christopher Collins
Granville Saxton ..... Commissioner Jellicoe (2 episodes, 1996)
Larry Lamb ..... Alan Roe
Leon Lissek ..... Walensky (2 episodes, 1996)
Chris Walker ..... DCI Paul Boyd (2 episodes, 1996)
Andrew Grainger ..... Detective Constable Fred Black (2 episodes, 1996)
Gavin Muir ..... Father Kyle (2 episodes, 1996)
Siobhan Burke ..... Lucille (2 episodes, 1996)
Pete Lee-Wilson ..... Colin Butler
Elspeth Charlton ..... Mrs Soulsby (2 episodes, 1996)
Jack McBride ..... Mr Soulsby (2 episodes, 1996)
Harry Herring ..... Arthur Watson (2 episodes, 1996)
Sam Latham ..... Bouncer / ... (2 episodes, 1996)
Mark Pegg ..... Detective Constable Tony Weir / ... (2 episodes, 1996)

Synopsis:

The complete BAFTA-winning drama Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee and Daniel Craig star in one of the BBC s finest contemporary dramas, an epic nine part series following the lives of four friends from Newcastle across four decades from 1963 to 1995. Newcastle,1963. Nicky (Christopher Eccleston) returns from America where he has been involved in the Civil Rights movement. His political dreams and ambitions threaten to part him from Mary (Gina McKee), the woman he loves. Nicky s devotion to the Labour cause drives Mary into the arms of their friend Tosker (Mark Strong), while a fourth friend, Geordie (Daniel Craig), gets his girlfriend pregnant and heads down to London. Throughout the decades, against the background of an ever-changing Britain, the lives of these four very different friends will become progressively more entangled. The forces shapingthe nation are also changing and shaping them, devastating lives, tearing couples apart and challenging the boundries of even the firmest friendships... Winner of many awards, including BAFTAs for Best Drama Serial and Best Actress (Gina McKee), Our Friends In The North is a powerful and unforgettable drama and one of the great television milestones of the 1990s.

An epic saga stretching from 1964 to 1995, Our Friends in the North follows the lives of four young people in North-East England. Nicky Hutchinson (Christopher Eccleston) is initially courting Mary Soulsby (Gina McKee) but the relationship cools when it takes second place to his campaigning for Harold Wilson's Labour Party. She weds Tory Tosker Cox instead, but their marriage is a miserable one, living in a rot-infested high rise block built following a dubious new housing scheme. Meanwhile, "Geordie" Peacock, finally tiring of his drunken, abusive father, headbutts him and hitches down to London, where he ends up working for a surrogate "family" led by Malcolm McDowell's flash Soho sex club baron. Over the years, the paths of these characters intertwine, diverge then cross again, albeit occasionally stretching the bounds of plausible coincidence. The drama takes place against the backdrop of local authority and police corruption in the 60s, the radical far-left militancy of the early 70s, Thatcher's election, the 1984 miner's strike and the subsequent "murder" of Northern communities. What's brilliant about Our Friends is its melding of the personal and the political, with the soap opera of family estrangement played out against a backdrop of social decline. Peter Vaughn, playing Nicky's Dad as a former Jarrow marcher stricken by Alzheimer's, is especially poignant. If you didn't see this the first time, do so now.

A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) the personal lives of the characters become intertwined with the political struggles of their home town of Newcastle, and the capital, London. We also see the machinations behind the scenes that affect their lives, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

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