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1971: This FISHERMAN Is Living His DREAM | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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"He's a self-employed, unpaid, full-time angler."
Nationwide reporter Christopher Rainbow travels to Ireland to meet Ray Webb. Mr Webb has retired, and - like many retirees - plans to do some fishing. In fact, Ray - a.k.a. The Pike King - wants to do nothing but fish.
Ray is just forty-one years old. He worked three jobs simultaneously for a decade in order to accumulate enough money to retire early, and he plans to devote the rest of his life to one simple goal - catching the biggest pike in the world.
Originally broadcast 2 September, 1971.
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@Tmuk2 Жыл бұрын

Quite an inspiring speech towards the end. Well done him for following his heart - I hope he had a happy life.

@jasonayres Жыл бұрын

(0:40) "He is, of course, single.." Ouch. Still, he was a man on a mission.

@CasperWidd Жыл бұрын

Tiny, dirty van! That one was mean!

@MrDastardly Жыл бұрын

A person pursuing his dream. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@marciabaldwin2506 11 ай бұрын

What a top bloke i hope he found success he surely deserved too

@sevenwatson5854 Жыл бұрын

'Marriage isn't a sound idea for a man with a burning ambition' ...I agree and I respect that he focused on his goal and didn't waiver!!

@Liofa73 Жыл бұрын

As long as he was happy. All good.

@buickadelaide1283 11 ай бұрын

HE RIGHTLY SAYS…I WANT THE WORLD TO DANCE TO MY TUNE,,,FROM NOW ON,,,,, CLASSIC

@georgewashington92 Жыл бұрын

He died in 2001 if I remember correctly

@stepheng8779 Жыл бұрын

Yes & fallen out of love with fishing some years earlier I believe.

@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын

wow that means he was 71 when he died..

@TrueFilter Жыл бұрын

@@stepheng8779 any reason why?

@stepheng8779 Жыл бұрын

@@TrueFilter Dunno, I read a tribute to him some time ago and whoever wrote it said that they hoped he managed to go fishing again before he died after falling out of love with it. I know no more than that 👍

@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын

he must be 93 yrs old this year!

@TAY-570 Жыл бұрын

@@Caesar1968 yeah but hes still 93

@IamBATMAN2024 Жыл бұрын

@@TAY-570 No, he WOULD be 93 if he didn’t die 22 years ago lol.. you don’t grow older once you’re kaput 😂

@kamandi1362 Жыл бұрын

@@TAY-570 Not if he’s dead.

@jasonayres Жыл бұрын

@@TAY-570 Let's call it "the anniversary" of his birthday. His family mourn their loss. The giant pike, roaming the waterways, take a sigh of relief.

@raypurchase3597 Жыл бұрын

Life expectancy of mid 70s was pretty spot on! Good on him

@JAB771 Жыл бұрын

“The world jumps to my tune now”love it 👍

@davk90 Жыл бұрын

interesting but I wish bbc would at least a bio of people like this. how long did he do it . when he past away etc.

@TinLeadHammer Жыл бұрын

"He is, of course, single" - key to early retirement.

@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami Жыл бұрын

Wow the bbc did him dirty with the first few minutes. I bet this man was free of depression and looked forward to each next day that comes.

@Liofa73 Жыл бұрын

Nonsense, the film was of it's time. The BBC (which you seem to have a hate on for) reporter was fine.

@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami Жыл бұрын

@@Liofa73 _"He is of course, single. For no woman would want to live in this tiny dirty van as he does"_ Yes, the bbc has earned my ire and are responsible for a great many ills of the country today along with spreading constant propaganda.

@IamBATMAN2024 Жыл бұрын

@@Liofa73 the BBC are known for protecting pedo’s so I’d be quiet if I was you 😅

@danyoutube7491 Жыл бұрын

@@Liofa73 I agree, the way they reported back then was just matter of fact, it wasn't about mocking or doing down the subject of the piece when the reporter said no woman would want to live that sort of life in a dirty little van. It's not a life I'd choose as a man, but I have to admire his dedication to his plan and he followed through with it, clearly knew the life he would enjoy most and did what he had to do to live it. It probably wouldn't be so pleasant with the state of English rivers these days. He says he never cared what others thought of him; a good attitude that I think most people benefit from.

@plezurhounds Жыл бұрын

One that slipped through the net...

@stepheng8779 Жыл бұрын

Is that a Hillman Imp van?

@fidelcatsro6948 Жыл бұрын

not a datsun? i see..

@helenabarnett6441 Жыл бұрын

Yep. Also called a Hilman Husky I believe.

@zebedep Жыл бұрын

@@helenabarnett6441 Yes, it's a Hillman Husky

@iainmorrison4606 Жыл бұрын

Commer Imp. Got one myself. Previous owners went to Africa in it, so they've always attracted some individually minded people 😂

@as3cs3 29 күн бұрын

@@zebedep the Husky was the factory's attempt to make an estate (cheaply) by putting windows in the van. It wasn't very attractive.

@as3cs3 29 күн бұрын

he could have easily polished the (Commer Imp) van after fishing. no TV to distract him

@davemustaki134 Жыл бұрын

I miss the pools here in Australia!

@thrilhous Жыл бұрын

I miss the rains down in Africa.

@davemustaki134 Жыл бұрын

@@thrilhous i miss you like the deserts miss the rain!

@pauls8456 Жыл бұрын

Now that’s a nesting dinghy !

@garryleeks4848 Жыл бұрын

Don’t tell him pike , uuuu mr mannering

@swaneknoctic9555 Жыл бұрын

41! What is it with people looking far older than their true years back then? Loads of clips like this people look 10-15 years older.

@davk90 Жыл бұрын

Didn't have the health care etc we have today. Smoked etc . Harder work eg coal mining etc . Now we sit in rooms on computers . Put it this way 1965 theage people lived to was around 65 or so . We ve add another 15 to 25 years of living compared people from the 1950-70. You didn't have deal with polio and other stuff that could kill you .

@MrSimonmcc Жыл бұрын

People worked hard then.

@sydneydarts5911 Жыл бұрын

BBC how did this gent end up?

@Shaun.Stephens Жыл бұрын

How everyone ends up I imagine...

@NoosaHeads Жыл бұрын

He died in 2001 aged 70.... (He co-wrote a book "Fishing for big pike").

@davidmclachlan6592 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately he suffered poor mental health towards the end of his life, but he remains a legend in the pike angling world.

@hellie_el Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@robbflynn4325 Жыл бұрын

What would he think of life these days.

@af4od02 2 ай бұрын

Did Mr Webb get to live to his predicted 73 years old and did he get his big world record Pike?

@davidmclachlan6592 Ай бұрын

He died in his early 70's, his biggest pike was 29lb so nowhere near the record, he did however hold the Irish tench record for many years.

@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou Жыл бұрын

He gave up the avocado toast and lattes and was of course able to save. Imagine ten grand being enough to retire on.

@unnamedchannel1237 Жыл бұрын

These days he would need that 10k for one weeks fuel

@nictrax Жыл бұрын

10k from then is about £197,914 now.

@unnamedchannel1237 Жыл бұрын

@@nictrax that is my exact point

@JJONNYREPP 4 күн бұрын

1971: This FISHERMAN Is Living His DREAM | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 0831am 22.8.24 and there will be one day in his life wherein he thinks, like many men before and after: gawwwwwwwwwd, i f****** hate the spartan life. austerity? f*** that for a game of soldiers.

@enlightenedprophetss Жыл бұрын

Fisherthem*

@mattevans3637 Жыл бұрын

Hello mum X

@thecaveofthedead Жыл бұрын

Escaping capitalism in the 1970s. Pretty tough.

@rosegreensummer Жыл бұрын

another thirty years of working nowadays:(

@StripedLime Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@unnamedchannel1237 Жыл бұрын

👁️👄👁️

@strayaDaz 3 ай бұрын

Just like those going off grid and ditching the rat race in the 2020s.

@NoosaHeads Жыл бұрын

He looks older than 41yrs. He died in 2001, aged 70. Married men live, on average, 7 years longer than unmarried men. There's a saying:- "If you don't marry for love, marry for survival"... I hope his years were happy and fruitful. He co-wrote a book "Fishing for big pike". It was good when the BBC were a quality broadcasting organisation, rather than the left wing mouthpiece they now are.

@Pvt_Hudson Жыл бұрын

Rubbish.

@zuldo8577 Жыл бұрын

Meh, quality over quantity. Who wants to sit in a retirement home for 20 years anyway.

@longjohn77 Жыл бұрын

So he lived another 29 years after this. I wonder if his van and money held out for the rest of his life. I hope he spent every last cent.

@NoosaHeads Жыл бұрын

@zuldo Hmmm. Difficult to say. 1 day of absolute bliss or 50 more years of mediocrity? Tricky decision....

@RuthvenMurgatroyd 6 ай бұрын

Old age doesn't have to mean retirement homes, you know. What, do children have no duty to their parents? Besides, health is what's really key to a long AND happy life.