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A much-publicised stretch of our coastline is the star attraction in a new film – thanks to its immense history and beauty.

Blast Beach: Digging Deeper gets its premiere screening this weekend and examines everything from a coastline which was once buried under 40 million tonnes of colliery waste, to its artistic splendour.

The beach is unrecognisable to the out-of-this world scenes which featured in Alien 3 and the grim black beaches which formed the backdrop for the climax of Get Carter with Michael Caine.

It once starred in Alien 3 - now our beautiful Durham coastline is the star of a new film which premieres this weekend