Grundy's Northern Pride

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Grundy's Northern Pride
Genre	Architectural, historical
Developer(s)	Working Wonders TV Ltd [1]
Starring	John Grundy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	9
Production
Producer(s)	Steve Robins
Location	North West England, North East England, North Yorkshire
Running time	25 mins aprox.
Broadcast
Original channel	Granada Television, Tyne Tees Television (ITV)
Picture format	16:9
Original run	9 January 2007 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Grundy's Wonders
Links
Official 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.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] 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)