Our Friends in the North (1996)

Drama · History

Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (2,714 votes)
Episode average: 8.2 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

8.22 avg 9 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 69 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	1964	7.9	114
2	1966	8.0	94
3	1967	8.2	90
4	1970	8.2	89
5	1974	8.1	87
6	1979	8.3	85
7	1984	8.5	91
8	1987	8.2	87
9	1995	8.6	90