Rent Our Friends in the North (1996)
4.2 of 5 from 131 ratings
11h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- 'Our Friends In The North' is the biggest and most ambitious contemporary serial ever produced for BBC 2, an epic drama spanning 30 years in the lives of four Georgie friends and the world that shaped them. The eleven hours took forty weeks to film and feature a cast of thousands, with 160 speaking parts and 3000 extras, exploring three decades of corruption, vice, violence and collapsing ethical standards in Britain's corridors of power from 1964 to 1995.
- Actors:
- Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig, Peter Vaughan, David Bradley, Freda Dowie, Alun Armstrong, Malcolm McDowell, Danny Webb, David Schofield, Geoffrey Hutchings, Donald Sumpter, Frank Couchman, Daniel Casey, Rod Culbertson, Tony Haygarth, Tracey Wilkinson, Peter Jeffrey, John Dair
- Directors:
- Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James
- Producers:
- Charles Pattinson
- Writers:
- Peter Flannery
- Studio:
- Simply Home Entertainement
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
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Reviews (4) of Our Friends in the North
aka The Cray Way - Our Friends in the North review by JD
Not much about the north. This is a drama set in the Cray twins era brimming with violence extortion and corruption. The acting is good but there is far too much brutality for me to enjoy it. I did not bother with episodes 4 - 9. Recommended if you think Layer Cake should be a PG certificate.
2 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
One of the best TV shows ever - Our Friends in the North review by SD
Ignore the reviewer who only watched a third of it and dismissed it as a 1960s gangster show. It is not that. The themes and the period change as the show goes on, ending in the 1990s - the London crime storyline is only a very small part of it. The episode about the miners’ strike was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on British TV.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
An Epic - Our Friends in the North review by CP Customer
"It's hard on the little people" as Bernie says in one epsiode, and his words could be the subtitle for this series. An epic story of ordinary people caught up in the sweeping changes and murky underworld of three decades, the series is generally true to historical events, which enhance the credibility of the characters and plot. Within this framework, the four principals work out their issues to a moving conclusion. Thoroughly recommended.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.