The Latest Breaking News from Ken Loach

Bill Nighy to appear at Whitley Bay Film Festival this Wednesday night

Last-chance tickets are up for grabs to join the conversation as the Love Actually actor attends a special Q&A event introduced by The Likely Lads creator Ian La Frenais

Chronicle Live · Sep 28, 2022

Duggie Brown obituary

Standup comic who made his name on TV in The Comedians and whose second career as an actor started in Ken Loach’s Kes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022

North East International Film Festival announces autumn return

NEIFF 2022 will launch on November 14 with five days of screenings, workshops, events and awards for winning entries

Chronicle Live · Aug 16, 2022

From Cathy Come Home to Shameless: how UK TV explains the cost of living crisis

Whether it’s provocative plays and astute sitcoms, or property porn and undercover docs, the small screen has never shied away from showing life at the sharp end – even if it doesn’t always get it right

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

New film made in Newcastle will revive remarkable story of Muhammad Ali's visit to Shields

Writer-director James Newton discusses the reason he wants to make A God Amongst Men, telling the real-life story of how a local boxing fan brought the boxing legend to the North East

Chronicle Live · Jun 4, 2022

Robson Green promises to reveal all on Dirty Weekends in the North East

BBC announces the commissioning of new series Robson Green’s Dirty Weekends which will showcase the best of the region, says its star

Chronicle Live · May 25, 2022

Tori and Lokita review – clarity of purpose in the Dardennes’ parable of the dispossessed

The new film from double Palme d’Or winners focusses on a pair of young immigrants to Belgium who find themselves working in dangerous situations

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

'I've lost everything' - Heartache as County Durham man loses all his possessions in house fire

Pensioner Les Reed admits he owes his life to his quick thinking neighbours as an appeal is launched to help replace some of the things he lost in the blaze

Chronicle Live · May 21, 2022

Streaming: Ali & Ava and other great films set in Yorkshire

From Billy Liar to My Summer of Love, the county’s moors and mill towns have been fertile ground for film-makers. Clio Barnard’s Bradford romance is no exception

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2022

Netflix's Heartstopper renewed for two more seasons after worldwide success

Netflix gave the many fans of critically acclaimed show Heartstopper the news they'd been hoping for on Friday

Chronicle Live · May 20, 2022