TV Assistant Editor @BBCNEandCumbria lee.johnson@bbc.co.uk
Joined December 2010
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5 Jan 2022
🎥”For a game that never was it sure made a lot of commotion.”👾
Polybius was supposedly an 80s video game that was dangerously addictive. But how much of the tale is true? And who created it?
Preview below - full doco here…
▶️ youtu.be/79NifVyJlh0
▶️ bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0bf52h…
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Our debate with the three Tees Valley Mayor candidates is available to watch online now ⤵️
#BBCTeesMayor | #BBCPolitics
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13 Mar 2018
Michael Carrick wasn't always underrated - back in 1995 even Andi Peters was tipping him for greatness
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3 Apr 2024
Discover the unlikely tale of the ladies hairdresser who invented a heat-resistant material that bamboozled NASA, the MOD and Boeing.
I loved piecing together this insane little oddity with the brilliant @leejtees
Watch here - bbc.in/2IsA0Jz
#starlite
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14 Mar 2024
A proper telly legend - but more importantly, a lovely fella too. Loved working with you these past few years mate - best of luck with your new adventures. I’ll miss those legs…
14 Mar 2024
News just in…after nearly 21yrs with BBC Look North @BBCLN I’m moving on. Projects in the pipeline with BBC & others, but (as you can see) it’s been fun, and a huge, wonderful part of my life. Thanks for watching xx
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5 Mar 2024
Sunderland miners thank Bruce Springsteen for strike donation bbc.in/48HkJik
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29 Feb 2024
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace premiered 20 years ago today. Happy anniversary @MrHolness @RichardAyoade @alicelowe @porksmith!
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27 Jan 2024
'I was ashamed about speech condition'
Former footballer and broadcaster Chris Kamara has spoken about his diagnosis with apraxia, which affected his speech and balance
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19 Jan 2024
It was 30 years ago this evening that The Day Today started delivering its own brand of news.
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Swan goes to Shropshire school daily to stare at reflection bbc.in/427gsU0
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12 Jan 2024
Minutes of a secret Post Office meeting, uncovered in court, show the Post Office’s then PR boss directly lobbied senior BBC management to try to stop negative coverage of the scandal
The Post Office declined to comment during the public inquiry
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10 Jan 2024
Middlesbrough fans react to beating Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final first leg 💪🏆
#Boro | #UTB | #CFC | #BBCFootball
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2 Jan 2024
Government's asylum figures show uncleared backlog bbc.in/3NKRDXG
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15 Dec 2023
The word genius gets banded about a lot. But this…
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6 Dec 2023
This is a good thread in response to a lot of the very similar opinion pieces in some local papers across the UK yesterday.
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26 Nov 2023
Former Middlesbrough manager, Terry Venables, has passed away at the age of 80: bbc.in/3N1Hgi9
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