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Our Friends in the North: The Thatcher Years review – old pals back on the toon as TV series gets squished

Theatre Royal, Newcastle They have appeared in epic BBC dramas since their RSC debut but Peter Flannery’s immortal foursome now return in an 80s-focused play The four thwarted, postwar north-eastern dreamers created by dramatist Peter Flannery have now played more than a whole…

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