It is generally regarded as one of the great British TV dramas of all time, but Tyneside-set Our Friends in the North was also a launching pad for some spectacular acting careers.
The series written by Peter Flannery first aired in 1996, telling the lives of four friends over a 30-year period amid a backdrop of changing political events, including the Miners’ strike, the T. Dan Smith scandal and the Great Storm of 1987. Our Friends... won three Baftas and a number of other awards and was named by The Guardian as the third greatest TV drama ever.
As the story is revived for Radio 4, with a new episode being written to take the story on, we look back at some of its big stars and what they have done since.
