For many a sports fan, Saturday afternoons were spent watching Big Daddy grapple with Giant Haystacks. But when wrestling on TV was axed, the popularity of the sport in Britain took a nosedive.

Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks were two of the biggest stars of a TV programme which dominated Saturday afternoon viewing back ...

Never has a show said “ITV” like Gladiators. It was brash, unpretentious and good fun. It took the panto thrills of Big Daddy ...