A popular actor and TV presenter from the North East travelled the region with fellow North Easterner Sara Davies in a show on BBC 2 tonight.

Robson Green’s Weekend Escape aired tonight at 6.30pm and featured the actor taking on gorge walking in Teesdale.

Joined by Dragon Sara Davies, she introduced Robson to her way of getting close to nature.

The show features Robson Green discovering new ways of spending time in the great outdoors with people from across the UK.

Tonight’s episode also saw Robson have an overnight stay in a shepherd’s hut on a cheese farm before heading to nearby Barnard Castle.

Read more: Fans baffled by Robson Green's accent on BBC's Saturday Kitchen

After this, he travelled to Raby country estate where he joined the Raby gamekeeper on an inspection of the estate’s ancient deer herd.

Fans were recently left baffled after he appeared on Saturday Kitchen as they accused the actor of “changing his accent” during his appearance.

The actor joined Matt Tebbutt on Saturday Kitchen to sample dishes and chat about upcoming projects.

However, fans of both the show and the actor were left scratching their heads as several pointed out that the 58-year-old's accent had "changed".

The Northumberland-born actor chatted with Matt about his upcoming TV appearances, but viewers were distracted by the way he spoke.

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The group went on to discuss Robson's new show, Robson Green's Weekend Escapes.

However, viewers were baffled by Robson's voice and took to social media to question it, with one person saying: "#SaturdayKitchen what happened to the geordie bloke's accent? He used to sound great. Did British classism steal his soul?"

"Where's his geordie accent gone? #saturdaykitchen," another asked, while one added: "Lost his accent, hasn't he? #SaturdayKitchen."