Stephen Thirkeld

Ex-police psychologist Rob has plenty of problems of his own. Having retired through ill health, he is quite aware that he is not the best person to talk down suicidal single mother Chrissy when she threatens to throw herself off a Newcastle tower block. Rob is, however, the only person available, so he sets about helping Chrissy to overcome her fears, unexpectedly confronting several of his personal demons along the way.

Yozlaşmış bir dedektif olan Robert Bryant, ortağını öldüren mafya üyesi beraat edince intikam almak için güzel bir kadın suikastçı olan Maria’yı tutar. Ancak Maria’nın ücretini karşılayamayınca, bu kez onu öldürmesi için başka bir suikastçı, Madison’ı kiralar. Çifte oyundan sağ kurtulan Maria, kendisine olan borcu tahsil etmek için harekete geçer – ne pahasına olursa olsun.

Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.