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11/08/2009

BBC One - The Big Man

A Scottish miner turns to bare-knuckle fighting to make money after being made redundant.

Gritty drama set in 80s Scotland. An unemployed miner, whose inability to find a job threatens his family's wellbeing, is coerced into the brutal world of bare-knuckle boxing.

Drama set in 1980s Scotland. Danny Scoular is an unemployed miner whose inability to find a job threatens his family's wellbeing. Against his better judgement, he is coerced into the brutal world of bare-knuckle boxing.

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