The Tyneside Cinema, on Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, is the oldest surviving cinema in the city and is the only purpose-built newsreel theatre in the UK still operating as a cinema ...
It was the brainchild of Dixon Scott, great uncle of Sir Ridley Scott (director of Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator) and the late Tony Scott (director of Top Gun, Days Of Thunder and True Romance).
Ridley Scott recently worked on an exciting new TV show as a director and producer, reminding us of an underappreciated aspect of his career.