When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies
- Episode aired Dec 13, 2012
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Peter Blake
- Self - Artist and Wrestling Fan
- (as Sir Peter Blake)
Mick McManus
- Self - Professional Wrestler
- (archive footage)
Jackie Pallo
- Self - Professional Wrestler
- (archive footage)
Fyfe Robertson
- Self - TV Reporter
- (archive footage)
Brian Maxine
- Self - Professional Wrestler
- (archive footage)
Storyline
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A nostalgic look at British professional wrestling
A nostalgic look at the development of British professional wrestling from the start of the twentieth century to the point in the 1960s when it was the most popular indoor sport in the country. Black and white archive footage is interwoven with interviews with those involved in the business, and the programme takes its direction from the mesmerising www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk website whose authors both appear as interviewees. The centrepiece is some enthralling coverage of the feud between London bad boys, Mick McManus and Jackie Pallo. Some of the dangers and mysteries of professional wrestling are revealed, but many more are left shrouded in a secrecy that still exists in the twenty-first century.
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- angloitalianpublications
- Mar 8, 2013
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