An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural affair programme Landmark presented by Eric Robson. In this edition a report on an Alston cheesemaker and the fears over using unpasteurised milk. Also, a report on a new type of scarecrow being used on a Northumberland farm. Title: Landmark The first part of this edition looks at the potential health issues from unpasteurised milk and cheese. From Alston Cheese in Cumbria owner Kate Webb shows the production process of producing her cheese using...

An edition of the Tyne Tees Television rural affair programme Landmark presented by Eric Robson. In this edition a report on an Alston cheesemaker and the fears over using unpasteurised milk. Also, a report on a new type of scarecrow being used on a Northumberland farm. Title: Landmark The first part of this edition looks at the potential health issues from unpasteurised milk and cheese. From Alston Cheese in Cumbria owner Kate Webb shows the production process of producing her cheese using both goat and cow’s milk which is both pasteurised and unpasteurised which is then sold in her shop. Inside the Grange Market in Newcastle besides a cheese stall interviews with John Curtis of Bonchester Cheese and Dorothy Gray of Tyneside Consumers Group about what consumers fears and confusion over unpasteurised milk products. Title: Landmark The second part of the programme looks at the proposed ban of ‘green top’ unpasteurised milk. Interview with Bobby Gordon of Peacock House Farm near Hexham who produces unpasteurised milk for his customers. He doesn’t understand the ban. Inside a barn interviews with Dr Clark Sharp of Ruchill Hospital in Glasgow and Forster Holmes from the National Farmers Union. Dr Sharp would like a ban on unpasteurised milk in England and Wales and sites the health problems caused by this type of milk in Scotland in the 1970s. Mr Holmes believes in consumer choice, but the public are confused by the current situation. The final report in this edition comes from West Learmouth Farm in Northumberland and the issues of birds damaging crops. Interview with Peter Konopka of Pestronic Ltd who has invented a new air pressure system which will replace traditional shooting, gas guns and scarecrows to scare birds. On another farm a new ‘scary man’ is being used which uses an electric fan to inflate a plastic scarecrow alongside a siren. The programme ends with the results the ‘Scarecrow of the Year’ competition. Title: Hoi Polloi Film and Video Credit: Camera Chris Sutcliffe Credit: Sound Paul Gunn Credit: Electrician Bill Hughes Credit: Production Assistant Pauline Grant Credit: Production Secretary Coreen Harvey Credit: Research William Moult and Catherine Siddall Credit: VT Editor Andy Matthews and Peter Telford Credit: Executive Producer Chris Potter Credit: Director Simon Lawson Credit: Producer Charles Bowden End Credit: Waterfront Productions for Tyne Tees Television © MCMLXXXIX