Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.
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Christopher Eccleston
Nicky Hutchinson
Mark Strong
Terry 'Tosker' Cox
Gina McKee
Mary Cox (née Soulsby)