When Fred Dibnah debuted on television in 1979, British audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from Bolton who fell in love with England's decaying industrial landscape and an exhaustive storyteller whose charm and wit was matched only by his downtoearth manner. The producer of that first film, Don Haworth, would go on to make 19films about this unlikely celebrity and true British eccentric. "Did You Like That?" collects the best stories from these films: colorful tales told by Fred himself, recounting key moments in his life, his experiences as a steeplejack, his...
When Fred Dibnah debuted on television in 1979, British audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from Bolton who fell in love...