In The Media
Due to its decline in the 1980s and 1990s, Halton Moor has been the focus of media attention, of which much was bad. In 2008 this culminated in the area being the subject of the television series CCTV Cities in which journalist Donal MacIntyre focused on crime and delinquency, showing arson on Bonfire Night (during which police were attacked with fireworks), car theft and joyriding.
Before the United Kingdom general elections of 2001 and 2005, author and journalist Sue Townsend reported for The Observer, looking at the impact of a Labour Government on some of the most deprived areas in Leeds. The second visit identified improvements to the estate brought about by regeneration.
The TV films Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break, the first parts of a trilogy including Mischief Night directed by Penny Woolcock were partly filmed on Halton Moor using several actors from the area,> some of whom subsequently fell foul of the law in real life for activities depicted in the films.
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