Remembers… — Season 1, Episode 6: Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North
Documentary, Talk • 12 min • 5 seasons, 171 episodes
Episode synopsis
To mark the rescreening of Our Friends in the North, as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations, Christopher Eccleston looks back on Peter Flannery’s acclaimed 1996 drama. Following the lives of four friends from Newcastle over a period of three decades, the series struck a chord with the nation’s viewers and turned its young cast into household names. In this introduction to the series, Eccleston shares behind-the-scenes stories of how the drama was made and assesses the impact it had on audiences, himself and his fellow cast members.
About Remembers…
What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programmes of all time.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Jeanette Winterson Remembers... Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- E2Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff
- E3Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom
- E4Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia
- E5Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song
- E7Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays
- E8David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun
- E9Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley
- E10Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards
- E11Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective
- E12Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road
- E13Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall