Editing Seaham (section)

== Media coverage ==
The final scene of the 1971 film, ''[[Get Carter]]'', was shot at Blackhall Rocks beach, which is down the coast from Seaham.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillilan |first=Lesley |title=8 Reasons To Move To Seaham, Durham {{!}} Coast Magazine |url=https://www.coastmagazine.co.uk/content/9-reasons-move-seaham-durham |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=www.coastmagazine.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2017 |title=Can you remember where these films were shot in the North East? |url=https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/can-you-remember-where-these-films-were-shot-north-east-355784 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=www.sunderlandecho.com |language=en}}</ref>

The rich mining history of the town was highlighted in the 2000 film ''[[Billy Elliot]]'', which was set during the [[1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike]] in the fictional County Durham town of Everington but which displayed characteristics particular to East Durham pit communities such as Seaham and [[Easington Colliery]].
Both towns feature as locations in the film, notably [[Dawdon]] Miners' Club, into which Elliot's dad runs when he learns his son has won an audition at dance school.
Elliot's "angry dance" scene takes place in Dawdon between Embleton Street and Stavordale Street West.

The opening scene in ''[[Alien 3]]'' (1992) was filmed on Blast Beach, at [[Dawdon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/Alien3.html |work=The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations |title=Alien3 film locations |access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref>
The town has also served as a location for the [[BAFTA]] nominated film ''Life For Ruth'' (1962) starring [[Janet Munro]] and [[Patrick McGoohan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/latest/1130167.life-lynn/|title = Life for Lynn}}</ref>

The town appeared in the [[BBC Three]] sitcom ''[[Live!Girls! present Dogtown]]'' which premiered on the channel in autumn 2006. According to the ''[[Sunderland Echo]]'' (11 February 1999), scenes from ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998) were also going to be filmed in Seaham, but government intervention moved production elsewhere.

According to Tom McNee's 1992 portrait of the town ''The Changing Face of Seaham: 1928–1992'', [[John the Evangelist|St. John]]'s parish church was used as the setting of a 1985 service recorded for [[BBC Radio 3]]. Also, a two-part [[Channel 4]] documentary profiled the town in 1991.