When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies (2012)
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.
- Released
- 2012-12-13
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Linda Sands
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Christopher Eccleston as Narrator
- Peter Blake as Self
- Will Hodgson as Self
- Simon Garfield as Self
- Max Crabtree as Self
- Adrian Street as Self
- Johnny Kincaid as Self
- Klondyke Kate as Self
- Kendo Nagasaki as Self
- Atlantis Chronos Goth as Self - Spiritual Advisor to Kendo Nagasaki
- Frank Rimer as Self
- Anglo Italian as Self
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