Editing Pitmatic (section)

==Culture==
In 2000, [[Melvyn Bragg]] presented a programme about Pitmatic on [[BBC Radio 4]]  as part of a series on English regional dialects.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Pitmatic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/routesofenglish/storysofar/programme3_1.shtml|access-date=27 June 2024|series=The Routes of English|first=Melvyn|last=Bragg|author-link=Melvyn Bragg|network=[[BBC Radio 4 ]]|date=23 November 2000|series-no=3|via=}}</ref>

Pitmatic is heard in parts of the [[Days of Hope#Episodes:~:text="-,1921,-"|second episode]] of [[Ken Loach]]'s 1975 series ''[[Days of Hope]]'',<ref>{{cite episode|title=1921|series=Days of Hope|series-link=Days of Hope|first=Ken|last=Loach|author-link=Ken Loach|date=18 September 1975|network=[[BBC One]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOONUfDUm0|access-date=27 June 2024|via=YouTube}}</ref> which was filmed around [[Esh Winning]] in [[County Durham|Durham]]; the [[Days of Hope#Cast|cast]] included local actor [[Alun Armstrong]].

The poet, [[singer-songwriter]] and entertainer [[Tommy Armstrong (singer-songwriter)|Tommy Armstrong]] worked mainly in Pitmatic and [[Geordie]].<ref>{{cite news
|newspaper=[[Darlington & Stockton Times]]
|date=10 December 2010
|title=Detective work reveals the true coalfield bard
|url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/8732200.detective-work-reveals-the-true-coalfield-bard/
|access-date=6 September 2024
}}</ref> British comedian [[Bobby Thompson (comedian)|Bobby Thompson]], popular across [[North East England]], was famous for his Pitmatic accent.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Chronicle Live|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-news/review-bobby-thompson-story-theatre-1748489|title=Review: The Bobby Thompson Story, Theatre Royal Newcastle|date=12 June 2013|first=Young|last=Reviewer|access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>