''Firm Friends'' is a British drama series written and created by Lou Wakefield which was broadcast on
ITV from 16 June 1992 to 18 August 1994. The series stars
Billie Whitelaw
Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was a ...
as Rose Gutteridge and
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian-British-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook ...
as Jayshree Kapoor. The show was produced by
Zenith Entertainment in association with
Tyne Tees Television
ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire.
Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted ...
for the ITV network.
Cast
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Billie Whitelaw
Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was a ...
as Rose Gutteridge
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Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian-British-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook ...
as Jayshree Kapoor
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Zohra Sehgal
Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal (born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into acting ...
as Suvira Bhatia
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Michelle Holmes
Michelle Holmes (born Corinne Michelle Cunliffe; 1 January 1967, Rochdale, Lancashire), is an English actress who has appeared in several television serials.
Career
Holmes performed in a pop band called the Dunky Dobbers. She changed her ...
as Maggie Coles
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Badi Uzzaman as Puran Kapoor
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Derek Fowlds as John Gutteridge
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Alexander Morton as DI Hogg
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John McArdle
John McArdle (born 16 August 1949) is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap opera '' Brookside'', with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas. Playing a regular character in ''Brooksid ...
as Peter Cresswell
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Tony Doyle as Michel Gutteridge
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Allen Mechen as Baz
Series overview
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0103413, title=Firm Friends
1992 British television series debuts
1994 British television series endings
1990s British drama television series
ITV television dramas
1990s British television miniseries
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows produced by Tyne Tees Television
English-language television shows
Television shows set in County Durham
Television shows set in Newcastle upon Tyne
Television shows set in Tyne and Wear