Tom Hadaway

Turning Year Tales is a British television drama anthology series produced by the BBC, which originally premiered in the United Kingdom on June 24, 1979. The show consisted of a single season with seven distinct episodes, blending localized stories with British cultural and historical settings.

In amongst the fishing quaysides of the North East of England, manipulative Bob is first able to wangle his way into a prominent position within a fish distribution firm. It isn’t long before he has his sights not only on the boss’s job - but also his wife as well.

A fisherman is about to launch his new trawler and wants to make it an occasion for his girlfriend to remember.

Betty and her daughter Corinna are introduced to the harsh seacoaling way of life by Ray, an ex-seacoaler returning from a job with ICI. His offer of a caravan on a cliff top and promises of the Klondyke that awaits them at least seem preferable to the violent marriage she has left behind. The film sets Betty's struggle for survival against the wider struggles of the seacoaling community, surviving on the fringes of capitalism. Despite the exploitation by a local entrepreneur, run-ins with dole snoops and School Board men and the ever encroaching regulations of a hostile council, their lives retain a kind of anarchic romance, which is reflected in the film's lyrical style.

Sharm's dog attacks a hostile neighbour, and has to make a decision for which he has no guide lines.

This drama, written by Tom Hadaway, is set in Northumberland in 1905. Jacky (Daker) declares his love for Ann (Raitt), but he’s from the local pit and she belongs to a tightly-knit fishing community recovering from terrible losses at sea. Can his love ever triumph over the cultural chasm between them?

Turning Year Tales is a British television drama anthology series produced by the BBC, which originally premiered in the United Kingdom on June 24, 1979. The show consisted of a single season with seven distinct episodes, blending localized stories with British cultural and historical settings.

In amongst the fishing quaysides of the North East of England, manipulative Bob is first able to wangle his way into a prominent position within a fish distribution firm. It isn’t long before he has his sights not only on the boss’s job - but also his wife as well.

A fisherman is about to launch his new trawler and wants to make it an occasion for his girlfriend to remember.

Betty and her daughter Corinna are introduced to the harsh seacoaling way of life by Ray, an ex-seacoaler returning from a job with ICI. His offer of a caravan on a cliff top and promises of the Klondyke that awaits them at least seem preferable to the violent marriage she has left behind. The film sets Betty's struggle for survival against the wider struggles of the seacoaling community, surviving on the fringes of capitalism. Despite the exploitation by a local entrepreneur, run-ins with dole snoops and School Board men and the ever encroaching regulations of a hostile council, their lives retain a kind of anarchic romance, which is reflected in the film's lyrical style.

Sharm's dog attacks a hostile neighbour, and has to make a decision for which he has no guide lines.

This drama, written by Tom Hadaway, is set in Northumberland in 1905. Jacky (Daker) declares his love for Ann (Raitt), but he’s from the local pit and she belongs to a tightly-knit fishing community recovering from terrible losses at sea. Can his love ever triumph over the cultural chasm between them?

A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by the unexpected arrival of a young woman.