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

<p><strong>Theatre Royal, Newcastle<br></strong>They have appeared in epic BBC dramas since their RSC debut but Peter Flannery’s immortal foursome now return in an 80s-focused play</p><p>The four thwarted, postwar north-eastern dreamers created by dramatist Peter