Representations of Yorkshire through TV

There are many representations of 'Yorkshire' through TV. The major network known for showing these is ITV which is the contractor for the yorkshire franchise. This station started broadcasting on 29th July 1968, from the new studios, off Kirkstall Road, Leeds.
The company has had many sucsesses through drama, such as :

• Hadleigh
• Flambards
• Harry's game
• Heartbeat
• A touch of frost
• Coming home
• The Beiderbecke Trilogy

 

They also had comedys:

• In loving memory
• Duty free
• Rising damp
• Only when i laugh
• Joker's wild
• oh no
• Queenies Castle

 

ITV have also had a huge hit with their soap opera: Emmerdale

 

All of these programmes are based around Yorkshire and show the representations of Yorkshire.

Hadleigh

• Creator- Robert Barr
• Release Date- 29th October 1969
• Genre- Drama
• Starring- Gerald Harper
• Production Companies- Yorkshire Television 

Heartbeat

• Directors- Martin Curry, Philippa Langdale
• Writers- Patrick Harbinson and Stephen Leather
• Release date- 10th April 1992
• Genre- Drama and Comedy
• Plot- Constable Nick Rowan is a English policeman in the 1960's who decides to be reassigned to the same small village where he was evacuated to during Worl War 2 as a child. There, he patrols the country side as part of a small attachment in the area dealing with the various events and problems that come up while at same time keeping an eye on Claude Greengrass, the local rouge.
• Filming locations- Askwith, North Yorkshire, England
• Production Company- Yorkshire television

Queenies Castle

• Creators- Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
• Release Date- 5th November 1970
• Genre- Comedy
• Plot- A popular North Country vehicle for Diana Dors, who starred as the indomitable and downright blunt Queenie shepherd, drinker of light ale by the crate, owner of a stout Yorkshire accent annd bitter ruler of the roost in her own castle; a tower-block named Margaret Rose House, situated in the regally named Buckingham Flats.
• Porduction Company- Yorkshire television

Emmerdale

• Creator- Kevin Laffan
• Release date- 16th October 1972
• Genre- Drama
• Plot- 'Emmerdale Farm' was renamed 'Emmerdale' in 1989, The rich Tate family, headed by Frank Tate, will sometime fall out with farmers (represented by the Sugdens and the Glovers) and villagers when he is expanding his economical empire. Betty Eagleton is cleaning houses in the village as well as helping out at the tea-room, which is a good platform for her gossip-telling. Jovialic pub owner Alan Turner, half-fraud antique specialist Eric Pollard, outcast pig farmer Dingle family, post office manager Windsors and a lot of toher characters give the story quite a variation.
• Filming Location- Arncliff, North Yorkshire
• Production Company- Yorkshire television