Grundy's Northern Pride

Grundy's Northern Pride
Developed by	Working Wonders TV Ltd
Presented by	John Grundy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	19
Production
Producer(s)	Steve Robins
Production location(s)	North West England,; North East England,; North Yorkshire
Running time	25 mins approx.
Release
Original network	ITV (Granada & Tyne Tees regions only)
Picture format	16:9
Original release	9 January 2007 – ; 10 January 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Grundy's Wonders
External links
	Website

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).

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.

Episodes

Series 1

Episode 1: "Pride in the North" (9 January 2007)
Featuring Astley Hall, Chorley; and the listed buildings Oriel Chambers and 16 Cook Street, Liverpool.
Episode 2: "Churches and Chapels" (16 January 2007)
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: "Traditional Seaside (6 February 2007)
Featuring seaside towns Scarborough and Blackpool.
Episode 6: "Working Seaside (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: "Back Streets" (6 March 2007)
Episode 9: "Capital of the North" (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.
Episode 3: "Anglo Saxons and Vikings" (17 January 2008)
Episode 4: "Waterways" (24 January 2008)
Episode 5: "Stairs" (31 January 2008)
Episode 6: "Colour" (7 February 2008)
Episode 7: "Parks" (14 February 2008)
Episode 8: "Lighting" (21 February 2008)
Episode 9: "Markets" (28 February 2008)
Episode 10: "Iron & Steel" (6 March 2008)

External links

The Northern Echo: "Westward Ho" (about the new series), 2007

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