Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BusinessTripAdultery: In "1987", Nicky has an affair with a student while on a book-signing trip to London.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 33 (click to see context) :
* BFILists/BFITV100: #25.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DadTheVeteran: Felix is not only a veteran of the Jarrow March, but also UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. When he sees the machine gun Nicky's hiding, he recognises it from his service in Italy in 1943.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FiringDay: In "1967", Tosker loses his job at a factory when the company has to halt illegal exports to Rhodesia because of the UK sanctions.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
** Nicky has a Music/BobDylan poster on his wall, in keeping with his political idealism.
to:
** Nicky has a Music/BobDylan poster on his wall, wall and his guitar has a "[[Music/WoodyGuthrie This Machine Kills Fascists]]" sign on it, in keeping with his political idealism.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AMistakeIsBorn: Tosker and Mary's son Anthony is the result of a one-night stand in a park. Presumably, this led to them being married.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 148 (click to see context) from:
* RuleOfSymbolism: The series with Nicky returning home having spent time in America on Civil Rights marches. He goes to Mary's house, where her family is watching ''The Black and White Minstrel Show''.
to:
* RuleOfSymbolism: The series with Nicky returning home having spent time in America on Civil Rights marches. He goes to Mary's house, where her family is watching ''The Black and White Minstrel Show''.''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EstablishingCharacterMusic: Geordie is introduced idly watching the slums being demolished as "The House of the Rising Sun" by Music/TheAnimals plays on the soundtrack.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
** In "1996", Sean Collins kills himself while joyriding after being turned away by his father.
to:
** In "1996", "1995", Sean Collins kills himself while joyriding after being turned away by his father.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
%%** Christopher Collins to his son Sean.
to:
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* AlcoholicParent: Geordie's father.
to:
* AlcoholicParent: Geordie's father.father is a violent, mentally unstable drunk who is implied to be in and out of an asylum.
-->'''Tosker''': Why do they keep letting him out?
-->'''Geordie''': He's alright until he's had a drink in him.
-->'''Tosker''': Why do they keep letting him out?
-->'''Geordie''': He's alright until he's had a drink in him.
Changed line(s) 60 (click to see context) from:
* DrivenToSuicide: In "1966", Berger, a former police constable, hangs himself when his allegations about police corruption aren't acted upon.
to:
* DrivenToSuicide: DrivenToSuicide:
** In "1966", Berger, a former police constable, hangs himself when his allegations about police corruption aren't actedupon.upon.
** In "1996", Sean Collins kills himself while joyriding after being turned away by his father.
** In "1966", Berger, a former police constable, hangs himself when his allegations about police corruption aren't acted
** In "1996", Sean Collins kills himself while joyriding after being turned away by his father.
Changed line(s) 109 (click to see context) from:
* ParentalNeglect: Sean Collins is neglected by both parents, hence why he engages in criminal mischief.
to:
* ParentalNeglect: Sean Collins is neglected by both parents, hence why he engages in criminal mischief. When his father turns him away, he kills himself joyriding.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Commented out ZCE
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
** Christopher Collins to his son Sean.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 175 (click to see context) from:
* WouldHurtASenior: In "1984", Felix is attacked by Christopher Collins' stepfather and his dog when he complains about the boy's hairdressing of him and his wife.
to:
* WouldHurtASenior: WouldHarmASenior: In "1984", Felix is attacked by Christopher Collins' stepfather and his dog when he complains about the boy's hairdressing of him and his wife. wife.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* WouldHurtASenior: In "1984", Felix is attacked by Christopher Collins' stepfather and his dog when he complains about the boy's hairdressing of him and his wife.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix, Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells, Creator/JulianFellowes as crooked Home Secretary Claude Seabrook and Creator/DonaldSumpter as police Commander Harold Chapple.
to:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] Creator/GinaMcKee as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix, Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells, Creator/JulianFellowes as crooked Home Secretary Claude Seabrook and Creator/DonaldSumpter as police Commander Harold Chapple.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TimePassageBeard:
** Nicky grows a moustache in the late sixties and early seventies and a beard as he enters middle-age.
** Geordie [[spoiler:has a beard when Nicky finds him homeless]].
** Tosker grows a moustache as he hits middle-age.
** Nicky grows a moustache in the late sixties and early seventies and a beard as he enters middle-age.
** Geordie [[spoiler:has a beard when Nicky finds him homeless]].
** Tosker grows a moustache as he hits middle-age.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RuleOfSymbolism: The series with Nicky returning home having spent time in America on Civil Rights marches. He goes to Mary's house, where her family is watching ''The Black and White Minstrel Show''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OneNightStandPregnancy: Mary and Tosker's date culminates in them having sex in a park. This results in their son Anthony.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
More accurate.
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
* ExpositoryHairstyles: The sudden appearance of lots of rather dodgy long wigs on the male characters tells us that we have reached TheSeventies.
to:
* ExpositoryHairstyles: ExpositoryHairstyleChange: The sudden appearance of lots of rather dodgy long wigs on the male characters tells us that we have reached TheSeventies.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.
Deleted line(s) 170,172 (click to see context) :
* YourCheatingHeart:
** Tosker's infidelities lead to his marriage to Mary ending.
** Nicky has an affair with a photography student in "1987".
** Tosker's infidelities lead to his marriage to Mary ending.
** Nicky has an affair with a photography student in "1987".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
* BookDumb: Geordie doesn't have the slightest understanding of politics. Whenever Mary and Nicky are busy obsessing over elections, he is blissfully unaware that they are even taking place. Unlike many Book Dumb characters, he doesn't make up for it by being StreetSmart.
to:
* BookDumb: Geordie doesn't have the slightest understanding of politics. Whenever Mary and Nicky are busy obsessing over elections, he is blissfully unaware that they are even taking place. Unlike many Book Dumb characters, he doesn't make up for it by being StreetSmart. He even tells Nicky that the last book he read was [[ComicBook/TheBeano Biffo the Bear]] annual.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
* CallingTheOldManOut: Geordie to his dad. Nicky to Felix. Mary's son Anthony calls her out for being a martyr all his life.
to:
* CallingTheOldManOut: CallingTheOldManOut:
** Geordie to his dad. He stands up to his abuse and headbutts him.
-->'''Gordon''': I am not mental.
-->'''Geordie''': Ya are! That's why everyone's laughing at ya!
** Nicky to Felix. In "1995", he vents his frustration at his father, who doesn't register due to his Alzheimer's.
** Mary's son Anthony calls her out for being a martyr all his life.
** Geordie to his dad. He stands up to his abuse and headbutts him.
-->'''Gordon''': I am not mental.
-->'''Geordie''': Ya are! That's why everyone's laughing at ya!
** Nicky to Felix. In "1995", he vents his frustration at his father, who doesn't register due to his Alzheimer's.
** Mary's son Anthony calls her out for being a martyr all his life.
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* CatchPhrase: "Crazy name, crazy guy!" is how Tosker responds whenever anyone (especially an attractive young woman) remarks that he has an unusual name. As an older man this is used to make him seem rather pathetic and a shadow of his younger, womanising self.
to:
* CatchPhrase: {{Catchphrase}}: "Crazy name, crazy guy!" is how Tosker responds whenever anyone (especially an attractive young woman) remarks that he has an unusual name. As an older man this is used to make him seem rather pathetic and a shadow of his younger, womanising self.
* DriveByShooting: In "1970", some of Nicky's anarchist friends are seen driving by the British Embassy and shooting at it with a machine gun.
Changed line(s) 71 (click to see context) from:
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Geordie and Mary only interact during Nicky's birthday tea in "1964".
to:
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: TheFriendsWhoNeverHang:
** Geordie and Mary only interact during Nicky's birthday tea in"1964"."1964".
** To call Nicky and Tosker friends would be stretching it, as there's tension between them due to their relationships with Mary.
** Geordie and Mary only interact during Nicky's birthday tea in
** To call Nicky and Tosker friends would be stretching it, as there's tension between them due to their relationships with Mary.
Added DiffLines:
* ParentalSubstitute: Part of the reason why Geordie falls in with Benny Barrett is because he views him as a father figure.
Added DiffLines:
* ResignInDisgrace: In "1987", Eddie Wells is planning on exposing corruption in the government. Nicky discovers that his researcher Francine is in fact a plant by Colin Butler, who has leaked false information to Eddie. Nicky manages to inform Eddie of this set up right before he is due to start questioning Butler in a Select Committee, and embarrassingly Eddie has to give up his planned exposé. Utterly humiliated, Eddie decides to retire with as much grace as possible.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AbsenteeActor: Geordie doesn't appear in "1984". [[spoiler:The next episode shows him as a homeless vagrant]].
Added DiffLines:
* BaldnessAngst: In "1979", Tosker starts losing his hair, which causes him to become depressed. He's bald for the rest of the series.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** Nicky has a Music/BobDylan poster on his wall, in keeping with his political idealism.
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
** Austin Donohue's first scene has him driving in his Rolls-Royce blaring classical music on the radio.
to:
** Austin Donohue's first scene has him driving in his Rolls-Royce Rolls Royce blaring classical music "Zadok the Priest" by Handel on the radio.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AMFMCharacterization:
** Tosker clearly loves Music/TheAnimals, to the extent that he hires a tribute band to play at the opening of his club.
** Austin Donohue's first scene has him driving in his Rolls-Royce blaring classical music on the radio.
** Tosker clearly loves Music/TheAnimals, to the extent that he hires a tribute band to play at the opening of his club.
** Austin Donohue's first scene has him driving in his Rolls-Royce blaring classical music on the radio.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AbsurdlyYouthfulParents: Christopher Collins is said to to have a five year old son despite being eighteen. This would mean that he fathered a child at thirteen.
Added DiffLines:
** Geordie asking Tosker if he looks like his father. [[spoiler:He sadly ends up a drunken vagrant like his father]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix, Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells and Creator/JulianFellowes as crooked Home Secretary Claude Seabrook.
to:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix, Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells and Wells, Creator/JulianFellowes as crooked Home Secretary Claude Seabrook.Seabrook and Creator/DonaldSumpter as police Commander Harold Chapple.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HorribleHousing: Austin Donohue and John Edwards tear down the slums in Willow Lane to make way for council flats. Mary and Tosker live in said flats, which decay over time. By the time Geordie is living there in ''1979'', they've deteriorated to the point where they're condemmed and demolished.
Added DiffLines:
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Nicky inherited his father's outspokeness and stubborness.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix and Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells.
to:
The series provided four {{Star Making Role}}s for the then little-known actors cast as the four Friends of the title- Creator/ChristopherEccleston as WideEyedIdealist and would-be politician Dominic "Nicky" Hutchinson; [[Film/InTheLoop Gina McKee]] as downtrodden but quietly ambitious Mary Soulsby; Creator/MarkStrong as deluded would-be rockstar Terry "Tosker" Cox; and Creator/DanielCraig as troubled and naive runaway George "[[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Geordie]]" Peacock. It also featured Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as LondonGangster Benny Barrett, Creator/PeterVaughan as Nicky's father Felix and Felix, Creator/DavidBradley as kindly Labour MP Eddie Wells.Wells and Creator/JulianFellowes as crooked Home Secretary Claude Seabrook.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Not in the series itself, but Eccleston didn't bother with a Geordie accent when he auditioned, concentrating instead on characterisation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4,5 (click to see context) from:
BBC drama series following the lives of four friends from UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland over three decades. Each of the nine episodes is named after the year in which it is set- 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, and 1995- and they chart political events and social changes occurring in these years, from the widespread police corruption of the 1960s, the miners strikes and the rise of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher in the 1980s, and the birth of New Labour in the 1990s. The series was adapted for television by playwright Peter Flannery, from his stage play of the same name.
to:
BBC drama series following the lives of four friends from UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland over three decades. Each of the nine episodes is named after the year in which it is set- 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, and 1995- and they chart political events and social changes occurring in these years, from the widespread police corruption of the 1960s, the miners miners' strikes and the rise of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher in the 1980s, and the birth of New Labour in the 1990s. The series was adapted for television by playwright Peter Flannery, from his stage play of the same name.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 35 (click to see context) from:
* ClimacticMusic: The end credits of every episode are soundtracked with a piece of music from the year in which the episode was set. The final episode, "1995", is probably the most notable for this, featuring Music/{{Oasis}}'s ''Don't Look Back In Anger''. By coincidence, the song was on top of the charts in the week the episode was aired, and the writers hadn't even known it was going to be released as a single.
to:
* ClimacticMusic: The end credits of every episode are soundtracked with a piece of music from the year in which the episode was set. The final episode, "1995", is probably the most notable for this, featuring Music/{{Oasis}}'s ''Don't Music/{{Oasis}}' "Don't Look Back In Anger''. Anger". By coincidence, the song was on top of the charts in the week the episode was aired, and the writers hadn't even known it was going to be released as a single.single.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Nicky photographs down-and-outs in London [[spoiler:and just happens to run into Geordie among them]].
* ContrivedCoincidence: Nicky photographs down-and-outs in London [[spoiler:and just happens to run into Geordie among them]].
Added DiffLines:
* HateSink: Amazingly, there are characters who are more despicable than a Soho porn baron - Geordie's father (an abusive drunkard), Colin Butler (a smarmy git who ruins Nicky's political chances with a smear campaign and undermines Eddie Wells) and Christopher Collins (a delinquent who treats his own son like shit).
Added DiffLines:
* TookALevelInJerkass: Anthony in the final episode, lashing out and blaming his problems and unhappiness on his mother, leaving his wife and children for another woman and threatening to break Nicky's neck if he breaks his mother's heart again.
