A series of programmes made specially for audiences in the BBC regions and now seen for the first time throughout the UK.
Tonight from BBC North East The State of the Union
Two hundred and seventy-one years since the union of England and Scotland and, with continuing talk of Scottish devolution, David Bean looks at the line where the two countries meet - the Border. In past centuries a centre of blood-shed and terror, today the Border Country is peaceful, but still nourishes strong differences in outlook.
Director BERNARD HALL Producer DAVID BEAN
Series co-ordinator FRANK GILLAU