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HOME TRUTHS, CLOSE UP NORTH
30 min, BBC TV
Chantell and Derrick want to get married, buy a house and settle down. But with mortgage rates
rising, are bricks-and-mortar still a sound investment? Close Up North investigates. |

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YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD GOD DOWN
40 min, Tyne Tees Television
Margaret Thatcher appointed the Bishop of Durham, but the Rt. Rev David Jenkins will be remembered
as a thorn in Tory sides. This film, transmitted in the month of his retirement, profiles a man described as both a
heretic and a prophet. |

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| CONFERENCE EXPRESS
3 x 30 min series, Tyne Tees Television
Series of half hour reports following representatives from their North Eastern constituencies
as they attend the annual party political conferences in:
- Torquay
- Brighton
- Blackpool |

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POINT OF ORDER
11 x 30 min series, Tyne Tees Television
Weekly magazine focusing on the people, policies and politics affecting the North East of England. |
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AYLE COLLIERY, ALSTON, DREHSCHEIBE EUROPA
1 x 5 min, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Reporter Tim Moores goes underground at one of the last privately-owned drift mines still working
in the UK. |

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GUY FAWKES NIGHT, DREHSCHEIBE
EUROPA
1 X 5 min News Magazine Feature, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Bonfire Night on Tyneside. Crowds gather at Municipal firework displays and back street bonfire
parties across the UK to burn the effigy of a Catholic Terrorist who attempted to blow up Parliament. |

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A BEACON
IN THE NORTH
55 min, Tyne Tees Television
A celebration of Durham Cathedral's first nine centuries. The finest Romanesque church in Europe,
a world heritage site and the shrine of the North's greatest Saint - Cuthbert. Explore corners of this inspirational
building that visitors can't normally see.
* WINNER ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD |

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EDGE OF
EMPIRE - A Journey Along Hadrian's Wall
4 x 30 min Series, Tyne Tees Television & Ordnance Survey
The most famous frontier of the greatest empire in the history of the ancient world and probably
the most misunderstood archaeological monument in Britain. A fascinating journey along the 73 miles of the Roman
Wall World Heritage Site, unraveling some of the mysteries of 2,500 years of history.
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DRUMLANRIG - A YEAR IN THE LIFE
OF A GREAT ESTATE
45 min, BBC TV Scotland
Drumlanrig is the Dumfrieshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry: a castle at the
heart of one of the great Scottish estates. In the company of the present Duke we are taken on a tour of the estate;
its woodlands and moorlands. As the seasons turn we see the castle in all its varied moods. |

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PRIVATE LIVES, DIVERSE REPORTS
29 min, Channel 4
Scandalous revelations about private lives have damaged the careers of many public figures.
Should there be a law against it? |

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THE DROVE
50 min, Channel 4
In the days before the railways, towns were fed by cattle driven on the hoof from one end of
the country to the other. Modern counterparts recreate the story of 18th century drovers, driving a herd of 30 Galloway
cattle from Wigtownshire in Scotland, via the Pennines and East Anglia, to market at Smithfield in London. |
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HUMORESQUE
4 min, ITV
A homeless tramp decides to end it all - but discovers there is hope after all. |

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DOMESDAY
45 min, BBC TV
Celebrating the 900th anniversary of the commissioning of the Domesday book, Michael Wood journeys
from midsummer's night at Stonehenge to the Glastonbury Festival in search of the roots of England's history and people. |
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PEOPLE'S COURT
30 min, BBC TV
TV series pilot featuring real-life court cases tried in the television studio. Presented by
Valerie Singleton. |

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IDEAS UNLIMITED
4 x 30 min Series, BBC TV
New ideas in industry. |
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SKYJACKER
4 min Pop Promo, ITV & BBC TV
ITV Chart Show, featured Indy Single. BBC Get Fresh Video Of The Week. |

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A WINTERS DAY
35 min, BBC TV
After five days of continuous snow, bulldozers battle through mountainous drifts to liberate
an isolated Welsh village. |

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ORS - SERIES II
13 x 35 min Series, BBC TV
Live weekly youth / pop / current affairs / comedy / music magazine programme presented by
Robert Elms and featuring Ben Elton. |
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A BETTER ALTERNATIVE, BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
Almost one third of the population suffer from rheumatism and arthritis. Is 'conventional'
medicine working, or is there "A Better Alternative?"
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THE OXFORD ROAD SHOW - SERIES I
11 x 35 min Series, BBC TV
Live weekly youth / pop / current affairs / comedy / music magazine programme. |
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DAM LIABILITY, OPEN SECRET
35 min, BBC TV
Many dams have not been inspected for over quarter of a century. Just how safe are they? |
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THE BLIGHT, BRASS TACKS
45 min, BBC TV
In many Durham mining villages residents are suffering from planning blight, whilst in Macclesfield,
architect Rod Hackney refurbishes old houses and communities. As Langley Park's Railway Street faces the bulldozers,
we ask should local authorities demolish old housing or renovate instead?
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A TOWN LIKE NEW ORLEANS?
40 min, BBC TV
In every town there are thousands of musicians - ignored by both television and the music industry
alike - playing live music for fun and very little money. Watch and enjoy the Jack Bennett All-Stars, Another Colour,
Howard Sarna, the Roskoe Players, the Zero Slingsby Quintet and The Commies from Mars.
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| GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD, DECCAN, INDIA
55 min, BBC TV
Armed with only a rail pass and a notion of destination, writer Brian Thomson boards the 85
Down Madras Mail and sets off on a fascinating 5-day journey from the noise and heat of Bombay to the peaceful, palm-fringed
paradise of Cochin.
* Pilot for TV Series
* BAFTA NOMINATION, BEST DOCUMENTARY
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A BETTER KITCHEN TABLE, BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
Controversy surrounds the publication of civil defence booklet 'Protect and Survive' as many
fear that emergency plans are hopelessly inadequate and pressure mounts for construction of new public shelters. |
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TEENAGE MOTORCYCLISTS,
BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
As accident rates amongst teenage motorcyclists reach record levels, is there need for new
legislation to reduce the power of the motorcycles learners are allowed to drive? |

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THE TAUNTON RAILWAY DISASTER, TONIGHT
22 min, BBC TV
Behind- the-scenes of the year-long forensic investigation of a major rail disaster. |
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ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT?, BRASS TACKS
50 min, BBC TV
With unemployment at twice the national average, Sunderland's youth is being thrown on the
scrap heap. The Council's answer: a £7m leisure centre and a pedestrian precinct. Sixteen-year-old Michael Crawford's
dreams of making it centre around the £300 guitar he's bought on credit and his new Punk band, The Rejected.
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IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A PIG, BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
Diseases spread quickly in factory farms, so huge quantities of antibiotics are used to keep
them at bay, increasing the development of antibiotic resistance which can transfer to the human population. Is it time
to call a halt? Is it time to choose between cheap meat and safe meat?
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PARADISE LOST
35 min, BBC TV
Chapeltown in Leeds. Back-to-back housing, high unemployment and low morale; a multi-racial,
often violent, example of urban decay. Guided by dedicated teacher Nadine Senior, agroup of enthusiastic 12-year olds
is preparing for the school's Christmas production of Paradise Lost.
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORY, BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
Old people are increasingly treated as socially redundant and have little or no political clout.
Maggie Kuhn, leader of the Grey Panther movement, explains why she believes in a militant approach to the rights
of the elderly.
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| A CALCULATED RISK, BRASS TACKS
55 min, BBC TV
If the predictions of the nuclear industry are correct we can look forward to limitless cheap
energy, economic growth and an increasingly powerful role in world affairs. If the opponents of nuclear power are correct,
the dangers are genuine and serious, casting doubt on the government's plans to build a THORP reprocessing plant at
Sellafield.
*First ever TV show to pioneer multimedia audience participation with live local radio link-ups
nationwide. |
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