Starring Poldark actress Eleanor Tomlinson, Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis and All Creatures Great and Small actor Callum Woodhouse, the four-part series was filmed in Hartlepool.
Here then are just 20 TV shows or movies made in our town or East Durham over the decades. With advance apologies for some additional inclusions of a tenuous nature, how many of this little lot have you watched? Have we also missed any more out? Email [email protected].
5. The Elephant Man
A bit of a cheat but here goes. The Wingfield Castle paddle steamer, based at Hartlepool Marina, featured in the hit 1980 movie while moored in London and has more recently featured in hit ITV drama Victoria. Photo: Mark Payne
6. The Fortune
The Headland was among the Hartlepool locations used for 2026 Channel 5 drama The Fortune. Photo: Stu Norton
7. George Gently
Hit BBC series starring Martin Shaw was a regular visitor to these parts during its 2007-17 run. Hartlepool's Church Street, pictured, and Horden's imposing St Mary's Church were among locations to double for the 1960s. Photo: JPIMedia
8. Get Carter
The 1971 gangster movie's finale was filmed on Blackhall Colliery Beach. With the colliery itself later closing, 10m pounds was spent on tidying up the beach and its industrial remains. Photo: Other 3rd Party