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].
13. Nine Men
Quirky Hartlepool link number two: The 1943 war movie, starring a young Gordon Jackson, transported sand from Seaton Carew beach to London's Ealing Studios on the recommendation of Hartlepool actor Charles Green. Talk about shifting sands. Photo: JPIMedia.
14. The Old Oak
Veteran director Ken Loach's latest movie was largely filmed in Easington Colliery, Horden and Murton ahead of its September 2023 release. Principal cast members and writer Paul Laverty, far right, are pictured at its premiere at Durham's Gala Theatre. Photo: Frank Reid
15. 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
16. 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