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*White Heat*
White Heat
Written by	Paula Milne
Directed by	John Alexander
Starring	Lindsay Duncan; Michael Kitchen
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Kate Bartlett; Paula Milne; Lucy Richer
Producer	Elinor Day
Cinematography	Matt Gray BSC
Editor	Roy Sharman
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	8 March –; 12 April 2012

White Heat is a British television drama series, written by Paula Milne, and first broadcast on BBC Two from 8 March to 12 April 2012. The series follows seven students who first meet in a London, Tufnell Park^[1] flatshare in 1965 and consists of six one-hour episodes, set in 1965, 1967, 1973, 1979, 1982 and 1990.

The series was trailed in Radio Times with an article titled Our Friends in the South, an echo of Peter Flannery's 1996 television series Our Friends in the North. Milne herself rejected a direct comparison, however; "Our Friends in the North was absolutely seminal. But it didn't have a lot to do with women, and it didn't have a lot to do with race, and it didn't have a lot to do with sexual politics." Milne, who had experience of both the Central School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in the mid-1960s, said her experience most tallied with that of the character Lilly (MyAnna Buring).

"The mix of the personal and the political is framed by a flash-forward to the present day, in which the house is revisited by the former friends after one of their number dies and makes them the executors of his or her will."^[2] The identity of the dead character is withheld until the final episode.

Milne has said she thinks its theme is "the disappointment of the Left. [...] Edward, Jack's father, says to Jack during the 1979 episode (when Margaret Thatcher is elected), that 'this is the end of consensus politics and it's you guys who opened the door and let her in. Just remember that'. Fucking right they did. Excuse my French."^[2]

The title of the sixth episode comes from the nickname for the Japanese forest Aokigahara.

Episodes

The Past Is a Foreign Country – 8 March 2012
Eve of Destruction – 15 March 2012
The Dark Side of the Moon – 22 March 2012
The Personal Is Political – 29 March 2012
The Eye of the Needle – 5 April 2012
The Sea of Trees – 12 April 2012

Cast

Character	Young	Old
Lily	MyAnna Buring	Lindsay Duncan
Jack Walsh	Sam Claflin	Michael Kitchen
Alan	Lee Ingleby	Paul Copley
Orla	Jessica Gunning	Sorcha Cusack
Charlotte Pew	Claire Foy	Juliet Stevenson
Jay	Reece Ritchie	Ramon Tikaram
Victor	David Gyasi	Hugh Quarshie

Supporting cast

Beth Pew – Tamsin Greig
Miles – Richard Lintern
Edward Walsh – Jeremy Northam
Derek Bowden – Julian Barratt
Val – Karen Henthorn
Frank – Geoff Leesley
Leo – Euan MacNaughton
Boris – Tim Barlow
Alec – William Bliss
Alicia – Rebecca Calder
Stephen – Brendan Foster
Saaghoor – Abhin Galeya
Emma – Abigail Guiver
TJ – Emma Hartley-Miller
Granger – Adam Leese
Gareth – Jonathan Readwin
Aasif – Akshay Kumar
Nancy – Sally Mortemore
Connor – Andrew Simpson
Ewan – Christian Roe
Owen – Adam Woodroffe
Leah – Holly Weston

Music used in the series

Episode One

Episode Two

The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow
The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin
Bob Dylan – The Times They Are a-Changin'
Elton John – Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale
Tomorrow – My White Bicycle
The Hollies – Carrie Anne
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Episode Three

Filming locations

Although notionally set in Tufnell Park,^[1] exterior shots of the house were filmed in Avenue Park Road, Tulse Hill,^[3] on the other side of London. The property has subsequently been refurbished, and as of April 2011 was for sale at £1.6 million.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Weldon, Fay; Soames, Emma; Howe, Darcus; Whitehorn, Katharine; McGough, Roger; Roberts, Yvonne (11 March 2012). "Has White Heat got the 1960s right?". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b The Independent, Talking about her generation, 29 February 2012 [1]
^ [2] ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Properties for sale in West Norwood, SE27 through Foxtons Estate Agents". www.foxtons.co.uk.