Northern Life (TV series)

''Northern Life'' was a regional news programme on Tyne Tees Television, which aired from 6 September 1976 to 2 October 1992. The programme was aired at 6pm on weekday evenings, for some years at 6.25pm, and ran for 30, 35 or 60 minutes at various points in its run. The program was the successor to ''

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'', and was replaced by ''Tyne Tees Today'' in 1992 following the takeover by Yorkshire Television. The programme had a light-hearted approach and was notable for Paul Frost's monologues towards the end of many editions. TTTV03

For much of its run, ''Northern Life'' had a sub-regional news service integrated into the second part of the programme, with the south of the Tyne Tees region served by the

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studio, anchored by

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-based news reporters such as Andy Kluz. TTTV Middlesboro

Presenters of the show included

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(the original anchor), Tom Coyne, Paul Frost, Jane Wyatt, Pam Royle, Eileen McCabe,

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