| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:09 - Sep 22 with 1625 views | Bent_double |
You bet. Loved it first time around, and just happened to be channel hopping last week and caught the start of the first episode. Magnificent series, highly relevant even 25 years on, and the start of great things for Strong, McKee, Eccleston and Craig.
Geordies hair though....... |  |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:24 - Sep 22 with 1607 views | Ryorry |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:09 - Sep 22 by Bent_double |
You bet. Loved it first time around, and just happened to be channel hopping last week and caught the start of the first episode. Magnificent series, highly relevant even 25 years on, and the start of great things for Strong, McKee, Eccleston and Craig.
Geordies hair though....... |
"Geordies hair though......."
Haha, yes - truly horrible!
Nicky's was a barometer of the times - much improved (positively tidy even) if you stuck it out till 1979 at about 1.30 am! |  |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:30 - Sep 22 with 1594 views | jaykay |
that and when the boat comes in were great north east dramas |  |
| forensic experts say footers and spruces fingerprints were not found at the scene after the weekends rows |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:37 - Sep 22 with 1580 views | Ryorry |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 16:30 - Sep 22 by jaykay |
that and when the boat comes in were great north east dramas |
Great reminder of that one, cheers. Hope they also repeat it at some future point.
The other one I'd really love to see is 'I Claudius' - absolutely outstanding, from 1976. Atm I think you can only get it either as a box set or on YouTube. | |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 17:19 - Sep 22 with 1526 views | stringy |
*quality* show that one; stunning the first time round and rewatched last year; it's aged well
still makes me angry/sad |  | | |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 17:38 - Sep 22 with 1491 views | Ryorry |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 17:19 - Sep 22 by stringy |
*quality* show that one; stunning the first time round and rewatched last year; it's aged well
still makes me angry/sad |
Yeah, including not much apparent change in the conduct (ie misconduct) of the Met police 🤬 | |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:23 - Sep 22 with 1437 views | MattinLondon |
I was a tad unsure of whether to watch it or not - I remember it being outstanding and was worried that it wouldn’t actually be what I remember (not sure if that makes sense). But will definitely watch it again. |  | | |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:53 - Sep 22 with 1416 views | Ryorry |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:23 - Sep 22 by MattinLondon |
I was a tad unsure of whether to watch it or not - I remember it being outstanding and was worried that it wouldn’t actually be what I remember (not sure if that makes sense). But will definitely watch it again. |
Can understand that, feel similarly about 'I Claudius' - it's a risk if you're re-watching for the first time in decades.
Fwiw, I found the opener of OFITN far less engaging on the rewatch than subsequent episodes, possibly because it focussed less on the politcs & more on the friendships & social life, so if you remember that side of things, it could be worth going straight to the second episode, or at least only skimming the first one? | |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:58 - Sep 22 with 1406 views | MattinLondon |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:53 - Sep 22 by Ryorry |
Can understand that, feel similarly about 'I Claudius' - it's a risk if you're re-watching for the first time in decades.
Fwiw, I found the opener of OFITN far less engaging on the rewatch than subsequent episodes, possibly because it focussed less on the politcs & more on the friendships & social life, so if you remember that side of things, it could be worth going straight to the second episode, or at least only skimming the first one? |
Thanks - think I’ll watch all of it. BBC4 are showing more shows from the 80s/90s - I’ve never watched ‘The Singing Detective’ so will catch that as well. | | | |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 20:43 - Sep 22 with 1362 views | Ryorry |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 18:58 - Sep 22 by MattinLondon |
Thanks - think I’ll watch all of it. BBC4 are showing more shows from the 80s/90s - I’ve never watched ‘The Singing Detective’ so will catch that as well. |
TSD was superb & well worth a watch, tho I preferred the other Dennis Potter the Beeb did in that era - 'Pennies from Heaven', starring Bob Hoskins. | |
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 21:02 - Sep 22 with 1342 views | Bluespeed225 |
Oh yes! The final scene in the final episode! I also enjoyed ‘ This Life’ around that time. The mid 90’s were, for me, a great time all round! |  | | |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 21:32 - Sep 22 with 1289 views | Lord_Lucan |
| 'Our Friends in the North' on 21:02 - Sep 22 by Bluespeed225 |
Oh yes! The final scene in the final episode! I also enjoyed ‘ This Life’ around that time. The mid 90’s were, for me, a great time all round! |
I tend to watch Our Friends in the North once a year - it's brilliant and still remains fresh to me - plus I am in love with Gina McKee, and Geordie in a slightly light on my loafers way.
I tried to watch King of the Ghetto the other week as I found it on youtube but the picture was so bad I gave up, shame, I liked that.
I do have a bit of a hankering for things back in the day, I think that's because I am now officially old. There are two rare DVD's that I really miss, I don't think they are available through any kind of streaming - Johnny Jarvis and Prospects.
I lent them to Dalai Farmer and then the fool died, I managed to get Prospects back but then lent it to someone else and have forgotten who it was. I was going to ask DF's dad if he had found Johnny Jarvis but I thought it might be a bit inappropriate and at the time he was still in a state of shock at Dalais porn collection that he uncovered. He's dead as well now the poor old boy.
I'm so busy at the moment that my brain is currently smashed to pieces. Because of this I can only watch things that I have already seen so don't need to concentrate*****. I watched a bit of Auf Weiddesen (sp) Pet last night.
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| 'Our Friends in the North' on 23:48 - Oct 2 with 1027 views | Bent_double |
Just watching episode 8, and we get a mention as the footy results are being read out:
Ipswich Town 0 Derby County 2
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