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May 19, 2005
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George Harris has appeared with some of the acting greats and been directed by the best, but he admits he's fallen in love with the Geordie spirit. STEVE PRATT talks to him about making BBC drama 55 Degrees North and catches up with the latest Wearside star Sam Williams, 13

TWO decades ago George Harris spent two-and-ahalf months appearing on stage in Newcastle.

And during that time he fell in love with its people. "Geordies are really the salt of the earth, " says the Grenadaborn actor, back this weekend in a second series of BBC1's 55 Degrees North. "They had a lot of spunk and sense of humour. They didn't have any hidden agenda. They took everything straight."

When he was offered a ...

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