The Fred Dibnah Story: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Until 1978, Fred Dibnah was a steeplejack working locally to his own area of Lancashire. Whilst working on the Town Hall in Bolton, the local BBC TV filmed a short news item about him. As a result of this, Fred was approached by a television producer with a view to making 1 half-hour film as part of a series about people with unusual occupations. After several months of filming, the final article was an hour long documentary, screened in his own right. This won two awards for the producer. It was called "Fred Dibnah - Steeplejack" and was aired in 1979. The rest is history...

Series details

• Title: The Fred Dibnah Story
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1996-08-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-10-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15783
• IMDb ID: tt0421097
• TVDB ID: 79677

Cast and credited roles

• Fred Dibnah — Fred Dibnah

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-08-28; final listed air date 1996-10-02; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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