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Stories Set in Newcastle
Bridges, banter and Bigg Market nights on the Tyne: Newcastle sells friendliness and hides hardship. Ken Loach films its welfare offices like war zones. I, Daniel Blake stands in the queue; Get Carter came back for revenge. Open Newcastle on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Newcastle on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Newcastle
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Browse 6 books and 8 movies set in Newcastle.
I, Daniel Blake
A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Sorry We Missed You
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as…
Goal!
Like millions of kids around the world Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However living in the Barrios section of Los Angeles he thinks it is only that--a dream. Until one day an…
Get Carter
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide Carter seeks out his…
It’s Not Me, It’s You
Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong.When she proposed and discovered her boyfriend was sleeping with someone else – she thought it was her fault.When she realised life would never be the same again – she…
Stormy Monday
When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle England he is thwarted by a club attendant and his waitress girlfriend.
Purely Belter
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets…
Great North Road
A century from now, thanks to a technology allowing instantaneous travel across light-years, humanity has solved its energy shortages, cleaned up the environment, and created far-flung colony worlds. The keys to this…
Newcastle
17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks his blue-collar future is brought home by…
School for Seduction
An Italian temptress arrives at a school in Newcastle to teach a group of Geordies about the art of romance.
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