Our Friends In The North

[Ben Gardner]

yeah, Peter Vaughan was great, wasn't he?
McDowell played quite a menacing part, I recall.
Mel off Benidorm had a bit part, too!
One of the miners strike scenes used sound to great effect, when there was a scrap in that narrow street. I don't know what that type of street is called but you see a lot of them in Easington and the like (path down the middle and long gardens)
Anyway, those battle scenes had the viewer a bit too involved at times - it was like the BBC's own version of the first scene in Saving Private Ryan!

 

[king of the road]

There's a Sunderland supporter in the first scene. How diverse do you want?

Exactly- in fact none of the leads were from Newcastle iirc

 

[Ben Gardner]

Exactly- in fact none of the leads were from Newcastle iirc

aye, Gina M is a Seaham girl, I think.

All the three males did have very convincing Geordie accents, though.
I watched my DVD set during breakdown and it was easy to see why Craig, Strong & Eccleston became as big as they did!

 

[king of the road]

aye, Gina M is a Seaham girl, I think.

All the three males did have very convincing Geordie accents, though.
I watched my DVD set during breakdown and it was easy to see why Craig, Strong & Eccleston became as big as they did!

Peterlee I think? Eccleston was already big, had been in a good few dramas (Cracker?) but the others were still up and coming.

 

[Darlo1973]

aye, Gina M is a Seaham girl, I think.

All the three males did have very convincing Geordie accents, though.
I watched my DVD set during breakdown and it was easy to see why Craig, Strong & Eccleston became as big as they did!

They all did pretty well out of the show - we got a Dr Who, a James Bond, Hollywood's go-to gut to play a villain and the narrator of Premier Passions.

 

[Bradford Pete]

Peterlee I think? Eccleston was already big, had been in a good few dramas (Cracker?) but the others were still up and coming.

He did Shallow Grave 2 years earlier

 

[Ben Gardner]

Peterlee I think? Eccleston was already big, had been in a good few dramas (Cracker?) but the others were still up and coming.

I stand corrected
Born: April 14, 1964 (age 56 years), Peterlee, United Kingdom

Used to like Cracker, anarl - proper crush on Geraldine Somerville, like.

 

[cluffy]

Wigtastic!

Seriously loved it at the time. Thought Daniel Craig was superb and his Dad terrifiying. They used music really well too.

 

[king of the road]

I stand corrected
Born: April 14, 1964 (age 56 years), Peterlee, United Kingdom

Used to like Cracker, anarl - proper crush on Geraldine Somerville, like.

Oh aye, she was lovely, can’t remember her being in much since.

 

[errant]

Wigtastic!

Seriously loved it at the time. Thought Daniel Craig was superb and his Dad terrifiying. They used music really well too.

i've not seen it since it was first broadcast, but i seem to remember they "age" daniel craig really well, especially the way his character is downtrodden by the end (if i recall)?

 

[leecoo]

Never knew that that Eccleston and Strong hate each other in real life.

By all accounts it took Mark Strong a while to realise that Eccleston wasn't just in character and that he did hate him

 

[Ben Gardner]

Oh aye, she was lovely, can’t remember her being in much since.

she's done a few period dramas n that, her pale complexion helped with that, me thinks!

 

[millfield ftm]

yeah, Peter Vaughan was great, wasn't he?
McDowell played quite a menacing part, I recall.
Mel off Benidorm had a bit part, too!
One of the miners strike scenes used sound to great effect, when there was a scrap in that narrow street. I don't know what that type of street is called but you see a lot of them in Easington and the like (path down the middle and long gardens)
Anyway, those battle scenes had the viewer a bit too involved at times - it was like the BBC's own version of the first scene in Saving Private Ryan!

Dont forget the pisshead dad off rita, sue and bob too, surprisingly he played another pisshead , giving Geordie a hiding before he fucked off to London , good actor by the way , excellent in riff raff , ken loach film

 

[Bradford Pete]

she's done a few period dramas n that, her pale complexion helped with that, me thinks!

Lovely.....

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[Cockney Mackem]

Never knew that that Eccleston and Strong hate each other in real life.

AFAIK it's one-sided - Mark Strong said in an interview that Eccleston didn't speak to him for the whole shoot and he thought it was a method thing because their characters didn't get on. Later he found out it was just because Eccleston just didn't like him

 

[JAZZMANB]

aye, Gina M is a Seaham girl, I think.

All the three males did have very convincing Geordie accents, though.
I watched my DVD set during breakdown and it was easy to see why Craig, Strong & Eccleston became as big as they did!

i've the box set too and Strong and Craig were unknown and sounded local ,Strong deffo .. watched a clip recently and the wigs looked bad though

 

[Bradford Pete]

 

[weebil64]

Very white of you.

 

[safc9450]

Thanks for the heads up Ben, I shall watch that

Tuxedo Junction ! Some daft nights in there .

i've the box set too and Strong and Craig were unknown and sounded local ,Strong deffo .. watched a clip recently and the wigs looked bad though

Mark Strong has never stopped being a hit in the USA. Movie after movie . Can play any role ,whereas Eccleston is limited.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Oh aye, she was lovely, can’t remember her being in much since.

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