James Walton

Riveting: C4’s Who Stole the World Cup reviewed

It’s not uncommon for a documentary to claim the tale it’s telling is scarcely believable. Much rarer is for that claim, as here, to be true

Docker Dave Corbett, owner of Pickles the dog who found the Jules Rimet trophy in a bush

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