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Peter Flannery once famously said of Our Friends in the North, "I've always said it's just a posh soap opera - but it's a posh soap opera with something to say." And now he has rewritten his multi-award winning and highly acclaimed television series as an audio drama for ��ѿ��ý Radio 4. Ambitious in scale and scope, the drama chronicles the lives of four friends over three decades beginning in the 1960s. The series tackles corporate, political and police corruption in the 1960s, the rise and fall of the Soho porn empires in the 1970s, the nouveau riche and the Miners’ Strike of the 1980s and the rise of New Labour in the 1990s. Some of the stories are directly based on the real-life controversies involving T. Dan Smith and John Poulson in Newcastle during the 60s and 70s. And the adapted series will now end with a new, tenth episode by writer Adam Usden, bringing the story up to the present day. In episode 8 it’s 1987, the year of The Great Storm. Nicky, now a well-known photographer, has been married to Mary for two years, Tosker and Mary are now grandparents, and Geordie is still missing. Cast Florrie / Psychiatrist: Tracey Wilkinson Felix: Trevor Fox Nicky / Christopher Collins: James Baxter Tosker: Philip Correia Elaine / Alice: Eve Shotton Mary / Francine: Norah Lopez Holden Geordie: Luke MacGregor Eddie Wells: James Gaddas Colin Butler: Tom Goodman-Hill Writer: Peter Flannery Studio Engineer: Paul Clark Sound Design: Steve Brooke Trainee Production Co-ordinator: Emma O'Mahoney Producer: Melanie Harris Executive Producer: Jeremy Mortimer A Sparklab production for ��ѿ��ý Radio 4