15
3hrs 40mins

Join us for an unmissable celebration of this landmark in British television - and North East representation on screen - as we revisit the lives of working class Newcastle friends Nicky (Christopher Eccleston), Geordie (Daniel Craig), Tosker (Mark Strong) and Mary (Gina McKee) across the decades, with a Q&A screening of its first and final episodes.


We are delighted to welcome writer Peter Flannery for this unmissable Q&A event.

This feature is Free List Suspended. We are unable to offer complimentary tickets, such as Friend Membership Free Tickets, for this feature.
Unfortunately no Audio Description track is available for this feature.
Pedr James, Simon Cellan Jones
15
Drama/Fiction
English

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 shaping the nation are also changing and shaping them, devastating lives, tearing couples apart and challenging the boundries of even the firmest friendships…

Recipient of the BAFTA for Best Drama Serial, Peter Flannery’s monumental achievement in television boasts incredible performances from its staggering ensemble cast, and grants an authentic, altogether vital insight into the history of working class lives in the region.


Running Order:

19:10 Introduction

19:15 Our Friends in the North: 1963

20:25 Q&A

21:05 Interval

21:25 Our Friends in the North: 1995

22:40 Event End

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Thu 11 Sep