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Article: Whatever happened to North East TV? Warning region may fade from our screens.(News)(Theater review)

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January 27, 2009
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Byline: David Whetstone Arts & Entertainment Editor

THE North East is in grave danger of fading from the nation's television screens, warns the man charged with promoting the industry in the region.

Tom Harvey, chief executive of Northern Film & Media, the regional screen agency, said a lack of North East programmes shown nationally meant it was in danger of becoming an invisible region.

He said the number of locally-based TV professionals on the agency's database had gone down from 300 to 200 in 18 months as work had dried up.

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