25: Our Friends in the North
Number 8 in the Drama Series/Serial category
Powerful and evocative drama series following four Tyneside friends from the early '60s to the mid '90s. The characters were placed in a social and political context that allowed an exploration of how Britain had changed in this period. Far from being dry and worthy, however, viewers were gripped because, for all their flaws, they cared about what happened to the friends. The series impressed with its ambition, humanity and willingness to see the ambiguities beyond the rhetoric. PW
BBC, 1996
(BBC)
Producer(s): Charles Pattinson
Director(s): Stuart Urban, Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James
Writer(s): Peter Flannery
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Daniel Craig, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Peter Vaughan, Malcolm McDowell, Alun Armstrong
Image ©: BBC
