Here then are just 16 TV shows or movies made here over the decades. With advance apologies for a couple of additional questionable inclusions, how many of this little lot have you watched? Have we also missed any more out? Email [email protected].
13. Orthodox
Actor Stephen Graham's 2013 short movie included scenes shot at Hartlepool's Borough Hall and Athenaeum Club. He also received advice on how to chop meat from Davidson's butchers, in Catcote Road. Photo: Other 3rd Party
14. Question Time
While this list concentrates mainly on works of fiction, Hartlepool has also hosted other TV shows such as Question Time, above, Antiques Roadshow, Time Team and Skint. Mind, some readers might consider the latter to be......... Photo: JPIMedia
15. Road
Typically gritty 1987 Alan Clarke film was filmed in Easington Colliery and featured future screen stars Lesley Sharp, third left, and David Thewlis, far right. Photo: Hartlepool Mail
16. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Eddie Marsan played canoe conman John Darwin, who faked his own death in 2002, in the 2022 ITV drama filmed in 2021 near to Darwin's former Seaton Carew home. Photo: Frank Reid