Our Friends in the North (1996) [6 of 9]

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Episode 6 "1979" (Feb 19, 1996) : Tosker and Mary's marriage has disintegrated to the point where it is completely over, but for the sake of their children, Anthony and Bernadette, they stay together. Depressed and worried about the loss of his hair, Tosker frequents local nightclubs with Geordie and together they have continual one-night stands. Nicky has returned to more conventional politics and wins selection as the Labour Party candidate in the constituency next door to Eddie Wells MP, who has since rejoined the Labour Party himself. His Conservative opponent Claudia Seabrook, the daughter of the now disgraced former Home Secretary Claude Seabrook, is given Colin Butler as an agent by the regional office, and he begins to run an extreme smear campaign against Nicky.

Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial. It was originally broadcast in nine episodes in early 1996. Written by Peter Flannery, it tells the story of four friends from Newcastle upon Tyne over a period of 31 years, from 1964 to 1995. The story makes reference to certain political and social events which occurred during the era portrayed, some specific to Newcastle and others which affected Britain as a whole. These include general elections, police and local government corruption, the UK miners' strike (1984–85), and the Great Storm of 1987.

The series was directed by Simon Cellan Jones, Pedr James, and Stuart Urban. It stars Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig, Mark Strong, and Peter Vaughan. Contemporary popular music was used throughout the production to evoke the feel of the year in which each episode was set.