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1979: Fish and Ships in North East England | A Diary of Britain | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
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38:49Now PlayingCullercoats and North Shields are two communities which live cheek by jowl on the North East coast of England. They're communities dominated by the changing moods of the North Sea.
In a period which included the postponement of the General Election; the UK screening of the NBC drama series Holocaust; and Muhammad Ali regaining the Heavyweight Championship of the World from Leon Spinks, we see the way in which these national and international issues interact with ordinary people's struggle to win a decent livelihood from the sea.
Narrator: James Bolam
Camera: David Cox
Sound: Eric Woodward, John Stephenson
Editor: James McAlpine
Researcher: Connie Pickard
Director: David Pritchard
Exec Producer: James Dewar
Clip taken from A Diary of Britain, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 10 September, 1979.
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