For The Record
4 Seasons
This interview series is devoted to documenting the extraordinary lives of carp fishing's most influential characters.
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Ali Hamidi | For The Record | S3: Ep.1
Episode 1
A true superstar headliner, Ali Hamidi, kicks us off with a fascinating insight into his world, which gets to the heart of what makes one of angling’s most recognised figures tick. We cover his life, work and angling, focusing on the part he’s played in driving the Korda machine to greater and gr...
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Alan Blair | For The Record | S3: Ep.2
Episode 2
Can you believe we made Alan Blair sit still for nearly 2 hours? What's it like to be Alan Blair? His passion, determination and hard-working mentality are something we're in awe of. His urban-style fishing inspired thousands of people to pick up a rod and catch carp, purely for the fun of it! Hi...
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Lewis Read | For The Record | S3: Ep.3
Episode 3
This interview is right up there with our best yet; Lewis is an angler that’s mixed with the best, doesn’t boast an ego, knows how to have fun, and tell a story, whilst talking in a way which gets his point across so crisply. Years of experience have left him with the perfect attitude towards car...
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55:07Episode 4
Dean Macey | For The Record | S3: Ep.4
Episode 4
Gold medal or PB chub? We get to the heart of Dean Macey’s twin obsessions in a fascinating For The Record interview. One of our biggest TV personalities opens up about slipping away to pursue his angling targets while training ‘until he puked’ for Olympic competition, and how he came to become a...
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Jason Hayward | For The Record | S3: Ep.5
Episode 5
We grabbed the cameras and headed to the wilds of Lincolnshire (ok, it wasn’t that wild) to film a gripping interview with Jason Hayward, a true big-carp man who’s perhaps best known as the first man to bank the Black Mirror. Now, while our chunky interview concentrated on many aspects of Jason’s...
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Rob Gillespie | For The Record | S3: Ep.6
Episode 6
Despite having hung up the rods a number of years ago, Rob Gillespie still considers himself an angler and feels one day he could return to the big carp scene. He’s a man that achieved big things down South and in the North is regarded as one of the very best anglers they’ve ever had.
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2:09:09Episode 7
Dave Levy | For The Record | S3: Ep.7
Episode 7
Dave Levy has lived an existence fuelled by a passion for carp angling and it’s hugely impacted the life he’s led, for the better! In this interview we look back at over 30 years fishing, across some of the most famous venues we’ve had, and his album is sure to drop your bottom jaw. Dave’s been i...
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Ben Hamilton | For The Record | S3: Ep.8
Episode 8
The name's Hamilton... Ben Hamilton. We go deep undercover to expose the inner workings of one of the carp scene's coolest, indie brands, Thinking Anglers. Find out how Ben built the company from nothing, and what the future holds for one of the quickest-growing firms around.
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Chris Ball | For The Record | S3: Ep.9
Episode 9
We managed to secure one of carp angling’s great historians for this month’s For The Record; the inimitable Chris Ball. The master storyteller carries us along on a journey that started over fifty years ago, along the course of which, he rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in the spor...
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1:19:41Episode 10
Kev Wilson | For The Record | S3: Ep.10
Episode 10
Gone too soon. This film details the incredible story of how Kev Wilson, a young man dubbed for greatness, gave up carp fishing in what felt like the blink of an eye. Growing up in Leicester, his aspirations were never to chase the UK’s biggest and best carp, but his carp-catching ability and lov...
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Frank Warwick | For The Record | S3: Ep.11
Episode 11
Our For The Record interview took us up to the leafy lanes of Cheshire, to meet up with a man who has, whether you realise it or not, influenced how you fish - Frank Warwick. A household name in the noughties, we caught up with this most innovative and charismatic of carpers to find out a bit mor...
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Ritchie McDonald | For The Record II | S3: Ep.12
Episode 12
itchie McDonald reminisces about his remarkable rise to the top in the big-carp scene. Famous waters, epic tree-falls, a brush with the British record, public adulation and commercial disasters; Ritchie Mac tells all in part two of our For the Record interview. His rollercoaster of a carp career ...