{"id":1019419,"date":"2026-06-11T09:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1019419\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:07:18","slug":"whos-the-daddy-shirley-crabtree-doc-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1019419\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Who\u2019s The Daddy?\u2019: Shirley Crabtree Doc In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/buff-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_buff-studios\" data-tag=\"buff-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BUFF Studios<\/a> is developing a documentary feature about <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/shirley-crabtree\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shirley-crabtree\" data-tag=\"shirley-crabtree\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shirley Crabtree<\/a>, the British wrestling icon better known to generations of fans as Big Daddy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe feature will be titled Who\u2019s The Daddy?. BUFF Studios will produce in association with Rainbow Trout Films. The producers will introduce the project to buyers at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sheffield-docfest\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sheffield-docfest\" data-tag=\"sheffield-docfest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheffield DocFest<\/a>, where BUFF Studios will present its 2026 documentary slate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film\u2019s official synopsis reads: The project will examine how an ordinary Halifax sportsman became one of Britain\u2019s most recognisable television personalities, transforming professional wrestling into prime-time family entertainment and laying the foundations for modern celebrity culture in pre-digital Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film is being developed by executive producer Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe (Absolutely Marvellous), producer and creative director James Mellor (Rugby Town) and writer\/research producer Howard Priestley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cBig Daddy was far more than a wrestling star,\u201d Anyiam-Osigwe said in a statement. \u201cHe was one of the most recognisable faces on British television at a time when audiences of all ages would gather around a single screen to watch shared national moments.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAnyiam-Osigwe added: \u201cThrough Who\u2019s The Daddy?, we want to explore not only the man behind the phenomenon, but also what his story tells us about fame, identity and the evolution of British popular culture before the digital age. We are delighted to be introducing the project at Sheffield DocFest and look forward to developing it with partners who share our ambition for the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSheffield DocFest runs until June 15.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: BUFF Studios is developing a documentary feature about Shirley Crabtree, the British wrestling icon better known to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1019420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[282012,77,3943,31670,282013,16,15,282014],"class_list":["post-1019419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-buff-studios","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sheffield-docfest","tag-shirley-crabtree","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-whou2019s-the-daddy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1019420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}