Middlesbrough Warburton, air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in "Malta Story". The great model maker Richard Old (1856–1932) resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street. Middlesbrough is twinned with: Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a large post-industrial town on the south bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, northeast England, founded in 1830. The local council, a unitary authority, is Middlesbrough Borough Council. The 2011 Census recorded the borough's total resident population as 138,400 and the wider urban settlement with a population of 174,700, technically making Middlesbrough the largest urban subdivision in the ceremonial county of
Middlesbrough 2013, Middlesbrough was used as a stand in for Newcastle 1969 in BBC's "Inspector George Gently" starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby; the footage appeared in the episode "Gently Between The Lines" (episode 1 of series 6). Reference is also made to Middlesbrough in works by London author Paul Breen including a work of fiction entitled "The Bones of a Season". In 2010, filmmaker John Walsh made the satirical documentary "ToryBoy The Movie" about the 2010 general election in the Middlesbrough constituency and sitting MP Stuart Bell's alleged laziness as an MP. Captain James Cook (1728–79) the world-famous explorer, navigator,