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When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

Dec 13, 2012

0h 59m

★ 7.2

Overview

Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the sight of bulky men in latex and the most masculine man in the country was called Shirley. In its heyday, British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of generations of wrestlers from Mick McManus and Jackie 'Mr TV' Pallo to Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy. With contributions from inside the world of wrestling and surprising fans such as artist Peter Blake, this is an affectionate and lively portrait of a lost era of simpler pleasures, both in and out of the ring.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Narrator

Christopher Eccleston

Self

Peter Blake

Self

Will Hodgson

Self

Simon Garfield

Self

Max Crabtree

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Adrian Street

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Johnny Kincaid

Self

Klondyke Kate

Self

Kendo Nagasaki

Self - Spiritual Advisor to Kendo Nagasaki

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Self

Frank Rimer

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