North East of England on Film and Television

James Leggott is Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University, UK. He is the author of books on contemporary British cinema, and the films of the Amber Collective. He has published on various aspects of British film and television including period drama, comedy and documentary.

“Leggott’s book is an accessible and fascinating read that will be of interest to a general readership with ties to the North East region as well as those studying regional popular TV. For some it will be a pleasurable trip down memory lane. Its importance, however, lies in its reimagining of long forgotten popular texts … that has been successfully pieced together here for the very first time.” (Ben Lamb, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 17 (4), 2022)

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Early Representations of the North East.- Chapter 3. Native Voices: North-East Drama Writers on Television in the 1970s.- Chapter 4. The Workshop movement in the 1980s: Alternative Visions of the North East.- Chapter 5. Comedy, Television and the North East.- Chapter 6. Histories of the North East.- Chapter 7. Crime Film and Television.- Chapter 8. The North East in the Twenty-First Century: New Realities.