A series of eight programmes To Gateshead, Newcastle and The Tyne
Novelist and playwright Beryl Bainbridge makes a journey around England and Englishness. She travels to many of the places visited by J. B. Priestley 50 years earlier.
She finds a shop in Gateshead which is a remarkable contrast with those in Newcastle's Eldon Square , and rides the metro to the seaside to meet the pub entertainers who are beating the telly. On the way she calls at Swan Hunters Yard and takes a look at Jarrow. Narration
J. B. PRIESTLEY , BERYL BAINBRIDGE
Film editor DAVE kitson
Photography JOHN WARWICK Producer DAVID PRITCHARD
Executive producer JAMES DEWAR. BBC West