Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary "The Filth and the Fury". Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of 14 December 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there. However, at this point in time, Caerphilly was one of the few councils that would allow the group to perform (Leeds and Manchester being the others). The castle of Caerphilly was used as a filming location for Merlin and the Doctor Who episodes "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People" (2011).