They are just some of the BBC big names that we have seen on Wearside and, with the Question Time team returning to Sunderland soon, it’s time to look back on our brush with fame in the past.
We’ve got Konnie Huq at Fulwell Mill in 2004, David Dimbleby in Durham in 2005 and Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood from Blue Peter at Herrington Country Park in 2012.
Astronomer and TV presenter Patrick Moore was here with the Any Questions broadcast from Hylton Red House Junior School in 1978.
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5. A 1999 spotlight
Members of the Detached Youth Project, based at The Bunker, Stockton Road were the subject of BBC 2 documentary Young Musicians, Never Too Early, in 1999. Photo: Sunderland Echo
6. Bitesize memories
BBC Bitesize presenter Nick Bright (left) was talking with Adam Willington from Ubisoft as pupils from St. Anthonys Girls Catholic Academy look on in 2019. Photo: Frank Reid
7. Torch memories from 2012
The Olympic torch relay celebration at Herrington Country Park, Sunderland. Blue Peter presenters Barney Harwood and Helen Skelton entertained the crowds in 2012. Photo: Picture by Angela Burn
8. Retro with the roadshow
The BBC's Antiques Roadshow came to Crowtree Leisure Centre in 1984. Photo: Sunderland Echo