Contact Us

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Middlesbrough Office:

Northern Region Film and Television Archive
School of Arts and Media
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough
Tees Valley
TS1 3BA
Directions to the University of Teesside (PDF, 189kb)

N.B. Parking facilities for visitors at the University are severely limited and cannot be guaranteed. We strongly advise you to come by train or bus if at all possible. If you do need to come by car, you must let us know in advance. If you turn up at the University without a pre-booked visitor space, the security guards probably won't let you in.

Newcastle Office:

Northern Region Film and Television Archive
c/o Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Blandford House
Blandford Square
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4JA
Directions to TWAS (PDF, 201kb)

Following Lisa Bond's resignation in May 2006, there is currently no permanent member of staff based at the Newcastle office. We can meet visitors there, but as someone will need to come up from Middlesbrough, this must be arranged in advance. Please contact us at Middlesbrough by telephone or e-mail in the first instance.

Please send any unsolicited post to the Middlesbrough address above, not Newcastle.

NRFTA Staff

Position Currently Vacant

Access Officer, Tyne & Wear
Tel. ; Fax.

Due to funding issues this position is currently unoccupied. There is no permanent member of staff based in the Newcastle office at the present time.

N.B. We are not recruiting to fill this position at this time. As and when we are, it will be advertised on this site. In the meantime, please do not send us unsolicited CVs, letters of application or related enquiries. As soon as we are able to replace this position, full details of the job and application procedure will be available here.

- Access and Education Officer
Tel. ; Fax.

Brian organises educational screenings and use of material from the collection, and works with other cultural organisations (e.g. museums and galleries) in order to promote the use of our holdings. Please contact Brian if:

• You are from a school, college or educational organisation and are interested in using material from the collection as part of your teaching;
• You are a private researcher seeking access to the collection;
• You are from the BBC or Tyne Tees and are seeking access to your materials deposited with us.

Ms. Montserrat Rovira Prieto - Archive Technical Officer

Montse's work involves examining and assessing the preservation needs of the films, videotapes and digital media in our care, cleaning and repairing elements where necessary and making the copies needed for access by researchers, broadcasters and for public screenings.

- Cataloguer (part-time)
Tel. ; Fax.

Laura maintains and develops the NRFTA's computerised database. This records information about the film and television material we hold in order to facilitiate preservation and access. It includes information about people, places and issues covered in the footage, when it was produced and where and how it was originally seen. The database also records technical information about the format and condition of each item, as well as the information about copyright ownership needed to enable commercial footage licensing. Please contact Laura if:

• You are a commercial user (e.g. a researcher for a TV production company) interested in licensing footage, or;
• You are a University of Teesside Media Production student wanting to use NRFTA footage in your assessed coursework productions.

Mr Stephen Robinson – Film Archive Facilitator

Stephen’s work involves examining and assessing the preservation needs of the films, videotapes and digital media in our care, cleaning and repairing elements where necessary and making the copies needed for access by researchers, broadcasters and for public screenings.