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The Quiet Man – Newcastle United boss Chris Hughton

Rating: 3

June 17th 2010

He shies away from the limelight and prefers to let the performance of his team do the talking, but Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton has plenty to shout about, in his own understated, modest manner

Singer songwriter Alan Price talks of his North East roots

Rating: 3

May 10th 2010

The Animals were the first North East supergroup and rivalled the Beatles and the Stones in their Sixties heyday. Founder Alan Price, who arranged their massive hit House of the Rising Sun, talks to Michael Hamilton

Durham homecoming dream of TV’s Matt Baker

Rating: 2

April 30th 2010

Matt Baker was thrust into the limelight when he became a presenter on the TV children’s favourite, Blue Peter. Today, he’s still at the top of the ratings charts as co-presenter of the programmme, Countryfile. Andrew Smith talks to him

Durham cricket captain finds a hard act to follow - himself

Rating: 3

April 21st 2010

Durham County Cricket Club’s captain Will Smith took over the leadership of a championship-winning team, and repeated the feat himself. Roger Tames finds out how he thinks he can follow that!

Albert Scholick Wilkin -Cremona toffee

Rating: 2

December 23rd 2009

Albert Wilkin established one of the most famous confectionery brands in the world. His great-niece Jackie Wilkin takes up the story

Tyne United Rowing Club

Rating: 3

July 24th 2009

Mention rowing and thoughts immediately turn to the 'blues' of Oxford and Cambridge. But there's a rich pedigree of this rather upper-crust sport right here in the North East, as TV's Roger Tames discovers.

St Valentine and Valentines Day

Rating: 2

January 28th 2009

Valentine's Day brings out the romantic in most of us - and our region has some of the nation's most heart-warming locations which, for all sorts of different reasons, inspire romance in us all