Timeshift S12E06 · When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

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Timeshift looks back to a time when British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of the likes of Mick McManus, Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.

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