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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of episodes
  
11

First episode date
  
9 January 2007

Presented by
  
John Grundy

Genre
  
History

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Steve Robins

Final episode date
  
10 January 2008

Number of episodes
  
11

Language
  
English

Developed by
  
Working Wonders TV Ltd [1]

Location(s)
  
North West England, North East England, North Yorkshire

Grundy's Northern Pride is an ITV Tyne Tees/Granada series about architecture, presented by John Grundy. A follow-up to Grundy's Wonders, the series covers a wider area than that series (including north-west England as well as the north-east).

Contents

Beginning in early 2007, Northern Pride was broadcast on Tuesdays at 7.30pm (the ITV regional timeslot. The "Great Boot of History" (awarded to architecture he disliked) and the "Grundy's Wonder" award (for his favourites) do not feature in Northern Pride.

Series 1

  • Episode 1 (9 January 2007)
    Featuring Astley Hall, Chorley; and the listed buildings Oriel Chambers and 16 Cook Street, Liverpool.
  • Episode 3: "Castles" (23 January 2007)
    Featuring Carlisle Castle; Dunstanburgh Castle; Bolton Castle; Lancaster Castle; Raby Castle
  • Episode 4: "Country houses" (30 January 2007)
  • Episode 5: "Seaside" (part 1) (6 February 2007)
    Featuring seaside towns Scarborough and Blackpool.
  • Episode 6: "Seaside" (part 2) (13 February 2007)
    Highlighting "the dangerous sea" from the past.
  • Episode 7: "Countryside" (27 February 2007)
    Examining variety in the building of northern farmsteads.
  • Episode 8: "?" (6 March 2007)
  • Episode 9: "?" (13 March 2007)

    • Series 2

  • Episode 1: Village Halls (3 January 2008)
  • Episode 2: Railways (10 January 2008)
    Featuring Puffing Billy at Beamish Museum's Pockerley Waggonway.

    • References

    Grundy's Northern Pride Wikipedia
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