A Tyne Tees Television documentary, shown in the ITV series About Britian, looking at the development and community involvement of the 1976 Newcastle Festival. Includes footage from the communities of Byker and Jesmond and interviews with televsion and film personalities Diana Dors, Bill Pertwee, John Le Mesurier, Frankie Vaughan and Jack Haig. The programme was originally broadcast on 22 August 1976.
A Tyne Tees TV produced edition of the networked ITV series About Britain transmitted on 17th July 1977 about Gavin Aitchison, a farm worker on the 2000 acre Beaufront Estate in the Tyne Valley, near Hexham in Northumberland. As the stockman, he is in charge of feeding and welfare of a herd of pedigree cattle. He talks in detail about his work, skills and lifestyle.
A look at Foulness Island in Essex. Made by Anglia TV for ITV
The Sark to Jersey rowing race is an annual event in the Channel Islands.
Documentary presented by Clive Gunnell about the history and development of the Severn Tunnel, situated on the River Severn estuary between South Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. The rail tunnel built by the Great Western Railway and opened in 1886 is four miles long and provides a useful link between the city of Bristol in England with the city of Cardiff in Wales. Documentary features footage of some InterCity 125 trains.
David Young looks at more follies. In this programme he looks at the preaching pits of the South West,an outdoor theatre in Cornwall,stone circles, a Georgian toilet for multiple users,and a fives court amongst other follies. A TSW production
