Our Friends in the North
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Opening title sequence of Our Friends in the North.
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| Genre | Serial drama |
| Written by | Peter Flannery |
| Directed by |
Simon Cellan Jones Pedr James Stuart Urban |
| Starring |
Christopher Eccleston Gina McKee Daniel Craig Mark Strong |
| Composer(s) | Colin Towns |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Charles Pattinson |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | circa 70 minutes (each) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | PAL (576i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 15 January – 11 March 1996 |
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC. It was originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC Two in early 1996. Written by Peter Flannery, it tells the story of four friends from the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England over a period of 31 years, from 1964 to 1995. The story makes reference to certain political and social events which occurred during the era portrayed, some specific to Newcastle and others which affected Britain as a whole. These events include general elections, police and local government corruption, the UK miners' strike (1984–1985) and the Great Storm of 1987.
The serial is commonly regarded as one of the most successful BBC television dramas of the 1990s, described by The Daily Telegraph as "a production where all ... worked to serve a writer's vision. We are not likely to look upon its like again." It has been named by the British Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, by The Guardian newspaper as the third greatest television drama of all time, and by the Radio Times magazine as one of the 40 greatest television programmes. It was awarded three British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), two Royal Television Society Awards, four Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, and a Certificate of Merit from the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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