The shit is worryingly close to the fan!
The penultimate episode of #TheCoupleNextDoor is tonight at 9pm on @channel4
..... Danny....... DAN!!!
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BRINGING BENDIGO BACK TO LIFE (PART 1)
NOTTINGHAM HAS A HABIT OF PRODUCING ICONS, BUT NONE QUITE LIKE WILLIAM ABEDNEGO "BENDIGO" THOMPSON, THE BARE KNUCKLE BOXING CHAMPION WHO TURNED SNEINTON INTO A LEGENDARY NAME ON THE FIGHTING MAP.
HIS STORY IS HUGE.
HIS PERSONALITY WAS EVEN BIGGER.
ALTHOUGH HIS IMAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A MYSTERY...
BENDIGO WAS BORN IN 1811, SO THE ONLY VISUALS WE'VE EVER HAD OF HIM ARE A FEW VICTORIAN SKETCHES & A STATUE THAT STOOD PROUDLY ON THE BENDIGO PUB IN SNEINTON. BUT THEY NEVER QUITE CAPTURED THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH.
SO WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT.
USING THOSE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AS A STARTING POINT, WE'VE CREATED A FEW HYPER REALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT BENDIGO MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN HIS PRIME…THE MUSCLE, THE STANCE, THE ATTITUDE, THE FIRE 🔥 IN HIS EYES.
NOT A CARICATURE.
NOT A GUESS.
BUT A CAREFUL, RESPECTFUL RECONSTRUCTION OF A NOTTINGHAM LEGEND.
THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A 3 PART SERIES:
PART 1: WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE
A LOOK AT THE MAN & THE LOCAL HERO
PART 2: HOW HE MIGHT HAVE MOVED
PART 3: WHERE HE RESTS
A QUIET, RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE
TODAY, WE START WITH THE FACE OF THE FIGHTER.
THE RETURN OF BENDIGO. NOT AS A DRAWING, BUT AS A MAN.
#BENDIGO #NOTTINGHAM #BOXING #SNEINTON #BEESTON
Salvable BTS, 6 weeks in Cardiff with one of the tightest, soundest crews ive ever worked with, hard graft in training, good laughs on set, catch it now on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and Sky TV
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