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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
30 September 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker... more
Awards:
7 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Strong keen for Bond villain role
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User Comments:
A landmark British series more

Cast

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Christopher Eccleston ... Nicky Hutchinson (9 episodes, 1996)

Mark Strong ... Tosker Cox (9 episodes, 1996)
Gina McKee ... Mary Cox / ... (9 episodes, 1996)

Daniel Craig ... Geordie Peacock / ... (8 episodes, 1996)
Peter Vaughan ... Felix Hutchinson (8 episodes, 1996)
David Bradley ... Eddie Wells (8 episodes, 1996)
Freda Dowie ... Florrie Hutchinson (7 episodes, 1996)
Alun Armstrong ... Austin Donohue (5 episodes, 1996)

Malcolm McDowell ... Benny Barrett (5 episodes, 1996)

Danny Webb ... Detective Inspector Ron Conrad / ... (4 episodes, 1996)
David Schofield ... DCI John Salway / ... (4 episodes, 1996)
Geoffrey Hutchings ... John Edwards (4 episodes, 1996)
Donald Sumpter ... Commander Harold Chapple (4 episodes, 1996)
Frank Couchman ... Patrick Soulsby (4 episodes, 1996)
Daniel Casey ... Anthony Cox (3 episodes, 1996)
Rod Culbertson ... Bede Connor (3 episodes, 1996)
Tony Haygarth ... Roy Johnson (3 episodes, 1996)
Tracey Wilkinson ... Elaine Cox / ... (3 episodes, 1996)
Peter Jeffrey ... Commisioner Colin Blamire / ... (3 episodes, 1996)
John Dair ... Charlie Dawson (3 episodes, 1996)
Mark Drewry ... Michael Frisch (3 episodes, 1996)
Louise Salter ... Julia Allen (3 episodes, 1996)
Anne Orwin ... Mrs Weightman (3 episodes, 1996)
Saskia Wickham ... Claudia Seabrook (3 episodes, 1996)
Val McLane ... Rita Cox (3 episodes, 1996)
Tony Hodge ... Brian Cox (3 episodes, 1996)
Julian Fellowes ... Claud Seabrook (3 episodes, 1996)
David Begg ... Billy Shaughnessy (2 episodes, 1996)
Terence Rigby ... Berger (2 episodes, 1996)
Trevor Fox ... Harry (2 episodes, 1996)
Harriet Keevil ... Helen Windsor (2 episodes, 1996)

Craig Conway ... Christopher Collins (2 episodes, 1996)
Granville Saxton ... Commissioner Jellicoe (2 episodes, 1996)
Larry Lamb ... Alan Roe (2 episodes, 1996)
Leon Lissek ... Walensky (2 episodes, 1996)
Chris Walker ... DCI Paul Boyd (2 episodes, 1996)
Andrew Grainger ... Detective Constable Fred Black (2 episodes, 1996)
Gavin Muir ... Father Kyle (2 episodes, 1996)
Siobhan Burke ... Lucille (2 episodes, 1996)

Pete Lee-Wilson ... Colin Butler (2 episodes, 1996)
Elspeth Charlton ... Mrs Soulsby (2 episodes, 1996)
Jack McBride ... Mr Soulsby (2 episodes, 1996)
Harry Herring ... Arthur Watson (2 episodes, 1996)
Sam Latham ... Bouncer / ... (2 episodes, 1996)
Mark Pegg ... Detective Constable Tony Weir / ... (2 episodes, 1996)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
623 min (9 parts)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:18
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Because of earlier production problems the scenes of the polling station and most of the whole episode had to be shot again, originally this was shot in the winter months, but had to be re-shot in the summer months and made to look convincingly like it was cold. more
Quotes:
Nicky Hutchinson: Tomorrow is too late. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Becoming Bond (2006) (TV) more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
A landmark British series, 16 May 2005
10/10
Author: Richard Phillips-Jones from Southern England

This is truly one of the finest series to come out of Britain. It took writer Flannery 15 years to get the series made, and when it was eventually produced the UK channel BBC2 spent their entire drama budget for the year on it. However, it was a fine investment.

The lives of four friends from Newcastle are followed from 1964 to 1995, against a backdrop of massive social and political change. It says much for the quality of the writing and the performances of the principal actors that you find yourself getting heavily involved with the characters' lives and caring a great deal for them. The leads have gone on to further successes, but this series catches them all early in their careers, and on astonishing form.

It was, in hindsight, a good thing that it took so long to get the show made. Flannery's original play ended in 1980, but the elongated production process enabled him to write more and more about the characters' fortunes, and take them another 15 years into the future. The most changed character was Geordie, who served in the army in Rhodesia in the original play, but finds himself instead in swinging London in a strip club in the finished series.

Do yourself a favour. Pick up the DVD set, and savour 14 hours of top television. It will make you think, it will move you, and we will never see its like again.

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