Killingworth - Culture

Culture

• Killingworth was used in the filming of the sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? in 1973/1974. The Highfields estate (Garth Sixteen), built in the early 1970s and containing some of Killingworth's first privately owned houses, was seen as a suitable location for the new home (on Falkirk) of the young couple Thelma and Bob, while Terry Collier works at a factory (filmed at the Killingworth industrial estate). Although Killingworth is not mentioned in the series, its presence can be seen as reflective of the times.
• In an episode of the architecture series Grundy's Wonders on Tyne Tees, John Grundy deemed Killingworth's former British Gas Research Centre the best industrial building in the North East.
• Killingworth has a lot of recreational land, such as the playing fields used by local schools.
• The Doctor Who episode titled "The Mark of the Rani" depicted Killingworth in the 19th-century, with the Sixth Doctor in search of George Stephenson after arch-enemy The Master attempts to hijack the Industrial Revolution.