Our Friends in the North
by Pedr James, Simon Cellan Jones
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Actor: Christopher Eccleston, Daniel Craig, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Peter VaughanDirector: Pedr James, Simon Cellan Jones
Editor: David Spiers
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Movie Reviews of Our Friends in the North
Movie Review: (Probably) Best drama BBC has ever made
Summary: 5 Stars
This series is the epitome of what the BBC stands for. It is supposed to inform, educate and entertain. This series does all three magnificently. The concept, the scripting, the casting, the producing, the editing - all of it is brilliant from start to finish.
When the BBC produces its most superlative work, as here, no other broadcaster in the world can touch it.
For people who lived through the era in question, who relate to the political world and the community around them as we all should, and who also know Newcastle upon Tyne and the peculiar socio-political history of the Northeast, this is far more than a play and far more than television. It is not escapism but life itself in the most tangible sense.
And it's far better than that Bond stuff which Craig has appeared in recently!
Much television in recent years is junk - even in Britain, whose output is better than most.
This, on the other hand, while painfully raw and brutally true to life in parts, is the best of the best, written by the best, starring the best and broadcast by the best.
Do yourself a favour - buy it, especially now it is finally available on DVD for a proper price.