Byker (1983)

Film details

Featuring

Cathy Chester Norma Day Joel Denman
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1983
Type

Television
Category

Non Fiction

Synopsis

About the working class community of Byker, situated on the north bank of the Tyne, where the filmmaker went to live in 1969. Over the following twelve years she photographed the people and the place. The film is a testament to the photographs she took and to the stories and the spirit of the people of Byker. With the help of dramatised sequences, the film examines the implications of redevelopment, comparing traditional communal values with the consumerism and isolation of modern life. Shown on Channel Four Television in the People to People slot.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - herself
    
    Cathy Chester
  - herself
    
    Norma Day
  - himself
    
    Joel Denman
  - herself
    
    Gwen Doran
  - herself
    
    Fulton, Norah
  - herself
    
    Jan Gordon
  - herself
    
    Mo Harrold
  - himself
    
    Harry Herring
  - himself
    
    Dick Irwin
  - himself
    
    Billy Martin
  - herself
    
    Amber Styles
  - herself
    
    Jean Southern
  - himself
    
    Ray Stubbs
  - herself
    
    Elizabeth Watson
  - himself
    
    Bob White
  - narration
    
    Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
  - singer
    
    Morton
  - singer
    
    Mary Wallace
  - singer
    
    Vincent Mclaughlan
  - singer
    
    Sara Hepple
  - singer - in the Ballarat North Shields
    
    Jimmy Heads
  - singer - in the Birds Nest Social Club in Walker
    
    Martha Bulman and the Jollygirls
  - singer - in the Byker Youth Centre
    
    Dazza Robson
  - singer - in the Byker Youth Centre
    
    Dazza Trainer
  - singer - in the Byker Youth Centre
    
    Mark Hutchinson
  - singer - in the Byker Youth Centre
    
    Graham McCartney
  - singer - in Olley's Bar, Newcastle
    
    Jimmy Walker
  - singer - in Olley's Bar, Newcastle
    
    Adelia Walker
  - singer
    
    Gwen Doran
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
  - ©
    
    Amber Films
  - Produced by
    
    Amber Films
  - Made under the auspices of the ACTT Workshop agreement with financial assistance from
    
    Channel Four
  - Amber Films acknowledges financial assistance from
    
    Northern Arts
  - Made under the auspices of the ACTT Workshop agreement
    
    ACTT
  - Production Manager
    
    Murray Martin
  - Production Assistant
    
    Lorna Powell
  - Script Development
    
    Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
  - Script Development
    
    Peter Roberts
  - Based on the photographs and text in Skirkka-Liisa Konttinen's book 'Byker'
    
    Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
  - Lighting Camera
    
    Peter Roberts
  - Assistant Camera
    
    Peter Woodhouse
  - Electrician
    
    Charles Titchmarsh
  - Editor
    
    Ellin Hare
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Elaine Drainville
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Elaine Drainville
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Graham Denman
  - Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's book 'Byker' published by
    
    Jonathan Cape