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Old 22-05-2008, 12:06 AM
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Thank you all for responding. Anyone know the title of the Pallo v. Blackman Avengers episode ?

Note to Bats - Brian Glover is well featured in Simon Garfield's book, Wasn't he also in Porridge ?
wasnt brian glover the charactor in porridge who would eventually get the joke 10 mins later than everyone else ? someone on this site is bound to know
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Yes he was and who could forget him in"Kes" ? Marvellous character actor, probably appeared in tons of stuff ?
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Old 22-05-2008, 07:07 AM
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there was the sex thief starring diane keen and christopher biggins ,instead of speeded up bonking sequences like the confessions films favoured you got one interspersed with footage of wrestlers ...........so ive been told anyway ! they were your typical world of sport saturday teatime wrestlers at that , so ive been informed
Kent Walton was the producer of a few 'sex comedies' in the 70s ....

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I read Garfield's book when it came out ..... I don't think I would have wanted to eat at Les Kellett's cafe!

The Pallo Avengers episode was called 'Mandrake' ..... and I was wrong about Joe Robinson being in it .... the episode with that I recall was called 'November 5' in which JR played a sinister gym instructor.
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wasnt brian glover the charactor in porridge who would eventually get the joke 10 mins later than everyone else ? someone on this site is bound to know
The character was always referred to as "Mr. Heslop" (poss. Hislop) by "Fletch". He was noted for reminiscing about his sister-in-law in Sidcup.
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Old 22-05-2008, 01:07 PM
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Thank you all for responding. Anyone know the title of the Pallo v. Blackman Avengers episode ?
It's called Mandrake. (Edit - oops, sorry Bats, I see you've already answered this one!)
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Brian Glover was in Porridge as well as dozens of other tv shows and films.He was a multi talented person.
I too have read The Wrestling.Its a great book.It is rather ironic that LES kellett was true to type ,a clown to the public but to his fellow professionals the most miserable individual with a vile temper .I would not have liked to have been in a dressing room if he was around.Yet his bout with Brian Glover(Leon Arras)is the funniest going and is available on DVD.
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Steve Viedor has a couple of film credits: THE TOUCHABLES (co-written by Donald Cammell) and Derek Ford's KEEP IT UP, JACK.

Kendo Nagasaki used to live near to me in Wolverhampton, then a wrestling hotbed; spent many an enjoyable evening at the Civic Hall in my youth.
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Orpheum, could you let us know the title and any other useful info ? Cheers.
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Best of ITV Wrestling.There are a couple of editions out.I think it is the first one but cant be sure.
Imagine having to burst Les's boils.
I recommend the book.So many of the wrestlers end up lame.Dennison,Torontos,and Marino and Kirk died shortly after fights.Their match fee was often little more than a tenner.
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Kendo Nagasaki used to live near to me in Wolverhampton, then a wrestling hotbed; spent many an enjoyable evening at the Civic Hall in my youth.
Kendo opened a pub/restaurant in Norfolk during the 80s. but IIRC it went bust after a couple of years.
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So many of the wrestlers end up lame.Dennison,Torontos,and Marino and Kirk died shortly after fights.Their match fee was often little more than a tenner.
When Kirk died his wife was interviewed in one of the papers. She stated quite openly she did the interview for the money because Kirk had no contract with any of the promoters ans was only paid £25 per bout. She revealed that Big Daddy, who Kirk had fought prior to his death, had a TV contract worth £250 per bout at the height of his fame. This was in the 80s so wrestlers certainly never earned the big bucks. IIRC Mick McManus became an antique dealer.
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asiamiles, from what i've read The Touchables, sound so waful I might have to see it !
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When you realise the audiences that wrestling attracted on tv it is a scandal that the men who wrestled got shortchanged.However the Crabtrees got their comeuppance.Thye purchased joint promotions from Corals i think,a couple of years before wresting came off ITV>After it went off tv they went to see Sky about relaunching it on their csports channel.When they asked in a meeting how much they would pay the Sky Man held out his hand with all 5 fingers showing.Crabtree thought he meant 5000 per hour.However it was made clear to him that thye would pay just 500 per hour.End of meeting and more or less the end of Crabtree as a promoter.
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Pat Roach was in Auf Wiedersehn Pet and did a lot of TV/Films during the 80's and 90's.
Not least of which is the famous punch-up with Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark...
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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