Nicholas Crane Will Be Documentating Scarborough Tomorrow Night At 9pm On BBC2
A BBC2 programme airing tomorrow night will showcase Scarborough in all it’s glory.
The show is called TOWN and is presented by Nick Crane who also presents coast another BBC2 hit show.
During the four part series he also visits Ludlow on the Weslh border, Perth the gateway to the Scottish highlands and Totnes in Devon.
The show aim’s to discover each town’s secrets of their survival, the reasons of their enduring appeal and what they can teach people about living the urban dream.
The crew coincided the filming to take place at the same time as The Coastival Festival. They also filmed in a variety of Scarborough locations including James Corrigan’s arcade on the South Bay and The Watermark Cafe on the Marine Drive.
The series also focuses on Scarborough’s way of life and how the town has become “forgotten” over the year’s with viewers been told that by 2030 a staggering 92 per cent of the population will be living in a city.
Former Mayor and Mayoress Hazel Lynskey and Sheila Kettlewell were filmed playing the 2p slot machines, Hazel said.
“The whole team loved the town and enjoyed the atmosphere whilst staying Scarborough hotels. Some of them had never been to Scarborough before and they were really impressed.”
” The programme about Ludlow was very complimentary and this made me feel that Scarborough would hopefully be portrayed in a positive light.”
