Mark Benton

Northern Lights glows with success

ITV1 comedy drama Northern Lights, starring Robson Green and Mark Benton, just squeezed out BBC1's Life on Mars to claim the 9pm ratings honours last night.

Jason Deans, The Guardian, 17th January 2006

Not only that, but Howie has recently been promoted to management - which means that Colin, normally the dominant one, has to put up with his old mucker being his boss. It also means the programme can throw an element of class politics that surely owes more to Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? than to modern British life.

James Walton, The Telegraph, 17th January 2006

Northern Lights is a likeable entertainment, providing a comforting, comedic echo of the times when the workplace really was an area of strife. Writers Jeff Pope and Bob Mills have taken care to set their protagonists in differing domestic contexts to highlight their differences as well as their deep friendship.

Pete Clark, Evening Standard, 17th January 2006