00:00the kids are back to school the weather is slowly starting a change which means summer has came to
00:06an end unfortunately anyone newcastle's business improvement district had so much going on across
00:13the city including tiny toon all the summer in the city events on the quayside and of course the
00:19much-loved return of screen on the green while the films and sports shows have now came to an end
00:24the screen is staying up to broadcast the great north run live i spoke with kitty brown to reflect
00:30on their record-breaking summer and to learn more so summer in the city and screen in the green this
00:36year has been absolutely fantastic we're really pleased because it's actually it's actually been
00:40a record-breaking year for us here on screen in the green at old eldon square we've had over 110 000
00:46people enter the space which is fantastic last year we had 95 000 so it's been a huge improvement so
00:51we're really pleased about that the economic impact as well as being over 2.3 million which is just
00:56fantastic for the businesses around and obviously it's provided a whole summer with free activities
01:01for family over the summer which is just fantastic yeah so we we started the screenings this year with
01:07the summer of sport so it's quite fitting that we're ending it with the great north run so rounding
01:11it off with some more sport which is really nice and we're bringing a screening of the bbc's coverage
01:17of the great north run to the screen this year at old eldon square it's the first time we've ever
01:21done that so this sunday if you come along we'll have the deck chairs out it's going to be beautiful
01:25weather you can just come chill celebrate an incredible event that's taking place in the city
01:30here in the city centre as well so it's going to be a really lovely day so it's the first time we're
01:36actually doing this here at old eldon square it's going to be a really nice event where people can come
01:41in grab some lunch if you're out shopping you can pop by and just enjoy the celebrations and bring people
01:46together which is what the screen on the green is about and even if people are dropping off their
01:51runners at the city they're able to come in enjoy maybe catch them on the screen and then head back
01:56off and meet them at the finish line and it's really something that everyone can enjoy it's going to be
02:00really good day once the race is over anyone's screen on the green will then be packed away for
02:07another year after a tremendously successful summer run which has seen over 100 free films screened to over
02:1330 000 attendees as well as five screenings for charities during the six week summer holidays
02:20but just because summer is ending it doesn't mean that the fun stops there
02:25over the next few months anyone will have plenty more in store
02:30so i can't tell you at the minute what we've got planned but you'll be seeing some fan favorites of
02:34the anyone events calendar coming back this september november december and which is really exciting
02:40we've also started planning for next summer as well which you can't believe it's just crazy
02:44but we've got loads of exciting things coming up so just keep an eye out on our channels and you'll
02:48you'll be able to see what we've got coming the great north run is back this sunday the 7th of september
02:55with over 60 000 participants
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