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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9. Any questions?
The Radio 4 Any Questions show was broadcast from Hylton Red House Junior School in 1978. The panellists, left to right, were: Roderick MacFarquhar, MP; David Jacobs, the chairman; astronomer and TV personality Patrick Moore. Seated were: Norman St John Stevas, MP; and Professor Dorothy Wedderburn. Photo: Sunderland Echo
10. Back to the 50s
Richard Dimbleby and a TV crew were pictured at Durham Cathedral in 1957. Photo: SE
11. Demolition day in Waldridge
Waldridge pit was blown up in 1969 for a BBC TV series called Germinal - all about life in a French pit village. The TV team needed a pit blown up for the last episode and Waldridge was chosen as it was derelict at that time. Photo: SE
12. Your day in the headlines
Tell us about the time when you had your 15 minutes of fame. Email [email protected] Photo: se