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Friends' Lives Span 3 Decades of UK Corruption
21 Jul
Summary
- The drama follows four friends over three decades from 1964.
- It covers corporate, political, and police corruption.
- Stories are based on real-life controversies in Newcastle.
A multi-award winning television series, "Our Friends in the North," chronicles the lives of four friends across three decades, beginning in 1964. The ambitious drama examines significant societal changes and corruption.
It unflinchingly portrays corporate, political, and police misconduct in the 1960s, the rise and fall of Soho's pornographic empires in the 1970s, the impactful Miners' Strike of the 1980s, and the ascent of New Labour in the 1990s.
Several storylines are rooted in actual controversies involving T. Dan Smith and John Poulson in Newcastle during the 1960s and 70s. A newly added tenth episode by Adam Usden brings the narrative up to the current period.
