A SPECIAL curated television screening will be held as part of the 2023 Tyne Valley Film Festival.
The Forum Cinema, Hexham will host the screening at 4pm on Saturday, March 18, as part of the 2023 Tyne Valley Film Festival.
The film show, called TV Comes North to Hexham, is part of a new project called TV Time Machine, a collaboration between three Northern archives: the Yorkshire and North East Film Archives and the North West Film Archive, supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
Yorkshire and North East film archives manager, Graham Relton, said: “I’m delighted to be heading back to Hexham with a great new screening that will take audiences on a journey through television in the North.
"From quirky North East news features and famous faces from the days of Tyne Tees TV, to regional documentaries covering everything from clothing design (and fashion faux pas!) to competitive leek growing – there really is something for everyone!”
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The event reflects on change in terms of the development of television and explores how TV cameras have documented and recorded events, social, cultural and political changes, and the landscapes and communities in the North over the decades.
Included in the screening is content relating to Hexham itself, including footage from ‘About Britain: A Country Editor’, a 1976 programme about the Hexham Courant, and ‘Your Heritage: The River Tyne’ made in 1962 and featuring presenter Mike Neville.
VIP visits, local industries, country shows and carnivals also feature.
Chris Kelly, marketing officer at the Forum Cinema, added: “It’s wonderful to be hosting our third Tyne Valley Film Festival as it allows us to celebrate and bring cinema to even the most remote parts of our region.
"It is especially nice to be working with the North East Film Archive team again, delivering a presented screening of TV Comes North: Hexham as it allows our guests to experience some of the lesser-known appearances of the region originally from the small screen now projected onto the big screen," he added.
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