Harrison Ford in North East as Indiana Jones premiers in UK

Parts of the Dial of Destiny coming to screens near you will be very familiar. 

Over several weeks the film company shot scenes along the North York Moors Railway and at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, where a simulated explosion was seen.

Away from the camera Ford thrilled fans as he made impromptu public appearances, rocking up at a North Shields cafe on his pedal bike on one occasion.

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The 80-year-old was also seen in Newcastle, where a production team was based for two weeks.

He was spotted cycling around Newcastle's Quayside with his entourage and seen strolling about the city, where a production team was based for two weeks in 2021.

A director of the new Indiana Jones movie has revealed what attracted Hollywood to Northumberland, with the film's opening scenes shot at Bamburgh Castle.

Speaking to BBC Radio Newcastle's Breakfast with Matt Bailey, location director Duncan Broadfoot said:"When we brought our director he immediately knew that Bamburgh was the right choice."

The site was one of several locations which have doubled for 1944 war-torn Nazi Germany.

Mr Broadfoot said his team had travelled the "length and breadth" of the country looking for castles.

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He said: "We narrowed it down to a couple of options and when we brought our director he immediately knew that Bamburgh was the right choice.

"We were there for two weeks dressing the castle and it looked really fantastic when we came to film."

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he told the programme: "We had two key hooks that we were looking for that would tie us into a specific location," he said.

"One was a castle - we needed a castle that had a nice entrance, grand courtyard and grand interior space and we found that in Bamburgh.

"Similarly we were looking for a controllable heritage railway line that we could run a steam train through, shrouded with Nazi symbols.

"In particular, there was a very specific topography that we needed with the landscape surrounding it, and we found that in North Yorkshire as it runs through the national park there.