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Our Friends in the North

on BBC Two England

The second in a nine-part rerun of writer Peter Flannery 's Bafta Award-winning drama series, charting 30 years in the lives of four Geordie friends. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Eccleston, Daniel Craig, Alun Armstrong
1966. Down in London, Geordie gets a new job in seedy Soho. In Newcastle, Tosker's dreams of fame and fortune are fading fast.
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Producer Charles Pattinson
Director Stuart Urban

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Flannery
Unknown:
Malcolm McDowell
Unknown:
Christopher Eccleston
Unknown:
Daniel Craig
Unknown:
Alun Armstrong
Producer:
Charles Pattinson
Director:
Stuart Urban
Benny Barratt:
Malcolm McDowell
Nicky Hutchinson:
Christopher Eccleston
Geordie Peacock:
Daniel Craig
Austin Donohue:
Alun Armstrong
Mary Cox:
Gina McKee
ToskerCox:
Mark Strong
Dep Chief Constable Roy Johnson:
Tony Haygarth
Felix Hutchinson:
Peter Vaughan
John Edwards:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Berger:
Terence Rigby
Sir Edward Jones:
Nicholas Selby
Det Insp John Salway:
David Schofield
DetSgt Ron Conrad:
Danny Webb
Eddie Wells:
David Bradley
Julia Allen:
Louise Salter
Dep Commissioner Colin Blamire:
Peter Jeffrey
Commander Harold Chappie:
Donald Sumpter
Bede Connor:
Rod Culbertson
Herbert Sidebottom:
Tony Barton
Councillor:
Phil Atkinson
Frankie:
Shaun Prendergast
Billy Shaughnessy:
David Begg
Patrick Soulsby:
Frank Couchman
Brian Cox:
Tony Hodge
Rita Cox:
Val McLane
Les:
Bobby Knutt
Michael:
Frisch Markdrewry
Det Constable Black:
Andrew Grainger
Charlie Dawson:
John Dair
Cyril Hellyer:
Stephen Marcus
Ernie:
Paul McNeilly
Doctor Russell:
Alan Turner
Mrs Weightman:
Anne Orwin
Arthur Watson:
Harry Herring

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