Brings back memories of nearly 60 years ago. 99% of people reading this will not understand it, but I used to regularly go to watch these wrestlers and many others with my late dad at Garringtons social club in Bromsgrove.

The one and only Kent Walton commentating , the one true voice of British wrestling .

Those were the days. Sadly gone forever, as is the country I once knew and loved. 🇬🇧 RIP…

Had a bad day today, watched this and ended up laughing out loud! Two great entertainers, thanks for putting a smile on my face 😊

For those of us of a certain age .... if THIS doesn't bring at least a smile to your face then you are beyond hope. I've been watching this with a HUGE grin on my face. Much of it brought on by the sheer memories of those golden days. How Kent Walton used to keep a straight face I'll never know !!

I really enjoy watching Kellett wrestle. He made it look so simple and I can truly believe he was a hard man. Great memories of my childhood.

When you're 8/9 years-old... This was TV perfection! Loved it then... Loooooove it now! HUGE THANKS xxx

Thanks for posting this, brought back happy memories of sitting watching the wrestling on Saturday afternoons with my late Dad before he left for work, he loved Les Kellett and used to roar laughing at his antics...........

The great Brian Glover v the great Leslie Kellet.

Never seen the late great Brian glover wrestle before. Very athletic for a big man. Had the crowd and les in stitches.

The storytelling and ring psychology from these two is master level

Great entertainment from 2 great Yorkshiremen. From Michael from Yorkshire and proud of it .

In the 60's I used to sit with my Dad on a Saturday afternoon at 4pm and watch these guys and many others whilst Mum got the tea ready. He used to sit on the edge of his seat and live every blow.

Theatrical to say the least, brilliant comedy dressed up as sport!

I’d almost forgotten how good our old British wrestling used to be. The yanks have all the glitz and glamour. But we had the realism. Great childhood memories. 👌👌👌

Brings back so many memories as a small child, watching Grandstand on Saturday afternoon with my great grandma, mama Nell. She loved the wrestling and we'd watch together, shouting at the telly! Coal fire, home made cake and pot of tea. Wonderful memories.

Les Kellett, Bert Royal, Vic Faulkner were the good guys, Mick McManus, Mr. TV Jackie Pallow, The Black Diamonds were the bad guys. My family and I used to watch them all on a Saturday afternoon when I was a kid at school. When he was younger, my PT teacher used to fetch and carry for them when they came to the Spa Centre and he told us some tales. The big name used to openly discuss what moves they were going to pull and which round they were going to make the winning move. I remember old women in the crowd hitting the "villains" with umbrellas when they were thrown through the ropes. It was all good stuff.

We used to love watching Les on a Saturday,great guy.

They both went to the venue in the same car, both were great friends, Uncle Brian Glover.

lol. Used to love watching this on a Saturday afternoon..Thanks

Hilarious stuff Rip Brian you were a comedy legend.

a right pair of clowns in the ring but les was a hard man indeed and brian knew a few moves but they both enjoyed a laugh great to watch

I read a book once, it was green!

brilliant ...good old memories of time spent with my dad watching these comedians

I used to watch the wrestling with my Nan. She used to get so excited and was always shouting at the baddies. I can still hear he shouting I up, to warn her favourite. Les Kellett was my favourite. Happy days 😢

Kept waiting for the football scores to come on screen

I used to love going to watch it live, it was great fun. During the interval, the wrestlers would join us all in the bar

Oh man this is gold,26 mins of pure entertainment.Those were the days alright

Comedy Wrestling done right, still showing the skills and talent in the ring, but having a laugh at the same time

Brilliant days back then,sadly gone forever 😢😢😢❤

Thank you for sharing. Saturday lunch time memories as a kid with family.❤

Two of the greatest actors in wrestling.

I used to laugh at the "hate" between Les Kellett and Jim Breaks. They were both pub landlords in Denholme, West Yorkshire (between Halifax and Keighley) and drove to matches in the same car.

Two superb athletes at the top of their game.

Les Kellet was always my favourite, but there were a host of other wonderful character wrestlers. Brian Glover went on to become a sought after character actor, mainly in comedy roles. RIP both.

Thank you for posting this!

Kellett was probably in his mid 60's by the time this happened, he was born in 1915..

Been watching lots of these lately. Happy, fantastic memories. Pure entertainment without b-s. Kellett was supreme. I also loved the wrestling (and voice) of "Leon" - Brian Glover, who was to become a super movie character actor, i.e. Alien 3.

I remember watching the wrestling on a Saturday afternoon and enjoying the wrestlers , they were fantastic to watch not like today

"Cyanide" Sid Cooper, Adrian Street, Gay Lord Peacock, Kendo Nagasaki, Mark "Rollerball" Rocco, Johnny "Polish Eagle" Czeslaw, Soul Brother Bond, Mick McManus and many others. Pantomime hero's and villain's who gave some much needed pressure relief from a hard weeks work on a Saturday afternoon in the 1970's.

I met Dickie Bird in the Delmont hotel Scarborough last Christmas I mentioned this clip to him being a Barnsley man and as I explained the antics of Brian Glover /Leon Arris and the way Les Kellet shook his head and grinned had us both chuckling like kids .

Les Kellett was a farmer/small holder and genuinely hard man

The little old dears up and banging the canvas at ringside at Walthamstow town hall whenever Mick Macmanus was in the ring ! Comedy gold !

Brian was a consummate actor, watch him in Kes as the gym instructor,priceless

brilliant Saturday viewing is not the same without my childhood wrestling hero's well done Less

One of the greatest shows, Saturday afternoon 3-4pm dad came home from work, we had food and laughs. Simple.

I remember Leon being not only a great wrestling entertainer but he was also a great TV and film actor.

2 truely fantastic showmen quality entertainment at its very best,rip gentlemen

brilliant! two guys at the top of their game kellet hard as nails and glover showing great comic timing before his acting career took off!!!

What fantastic entertainers, Les Kellett my absolute favorite of all time. Thanks Les.

I remember well watching Les Kellet when I was a kid. I always wondered what sort of a bout it would be with Les Kellet against Catwheasle! That would have been worth watching!

I love the little old lady in the front row (the one with the red outfit) - "Watch him Les!" - she's almost as loud as Brian Glover!

Les Kellet and Brian Glover two great guys who knew how to entertain the crowd. Brian went on to do great stuff in his acting career. Loved him in Porridge (Cyril Heslop), hilarious. Les was a much loved and respected wrestler by his fellow wrestlers as well as his followers. He may have acted the fool but was excellent at his craft catching many an opponent out. I remember him winning the "ITV Sports presonality of the year", he lived to the grand age of 86. R.I.P. boys, am sure you are still entertaining behind those Peary Gates.

This is gold. It just works.

Superb showmanship

Classic film Kes ❤❤😂😂❤❤ When playing football ❤❤ Excellent natural comedy True Brtish ❤

Some of the best acting you will ever see

In the 1960s I was a friend of a professional wrestlers son (No name given) the two of us would go to the venue in the morning to watch both wrestler's practicing and going through the bout to see who would win this time in the evening bout. Moving to 2000 I worked in a local town hall and guess what it was the same thing again practice the bout before the evening event. In the end what the public got was entertainment at its best. So long may British professional wrestling continue to give pleasure to the people who purchase the tickets.

Les was the quintessential entertainer. My goodness, how fortunate to have these videos. England, March, 2024.

My favourite match on ITV for pure entertainment. Dynamite Kid vs Rocco for ring craft. Great memories

I am 63 years young and can remember the wrestling in the town hall in hawick.

Les Kellett, the real hard man of wrestling, hard as nails apparently!

Top notch physical comedy…..Les Kellet was always my favourite,

'Hello grappling fans' I used to watch this with my Nanny Sparks when I was a lad, we loved it wear have those days gone

I know its all rehearsed but its great entertainment and Kellet was so funny...

Leon Arras was the actor Brian Glover. In his early days as a wrestler, he was on standby in case a wrestler didn't turn up. The French wrestler Leon Arras didn't show , so Brian had to go on. As he wasn't yet famous, they just sent him out as Leon Arras and the name stuck. He was in a tag team with Bobby Graham of Sheffield as The Untouchables.

Finally my old Dad accepted it was a farce when I showed him Leon Ariss (Brian Glover) in Kes. Still watched it tho until it was time to check his pools, we all went into the garden. Won 7 & 6 once.

Just a couple of sentences from Kent Walton after the intros set up the scenario perfectly.

Wonderful memories!

What great memories, boring Dickey Davis had finished now it was ‘proper’ sport and then Dr Who. Never thought for an instant that it was all ‘fixed’

For all the sillyness, Kellett was an artist and 'teacher' in the ring. And prey you didn't get on his bad side ..which, seems to have been easy! Whenever i watch his matches though, I learn some subtle thing ... 13:15 - like how Kellett locks Brian's left thumb, in this hand lock. Allowing him to steer brian where he wants, while he's in the thumb hold. Subtle match direction ;)

Love watching world of Sport wrestling on a Saturday afternoon with my granny, my favourite was Catweasle🙂

I loved all the women at ringside ready with handbags 😂😂

So good to hear how into it the crowd are.

I have meet them in the old pavilion in Hemel Hempstead when it was on TV on sat afternoons Regards rich from corby Northamptonshire

Wonderful entertainment - Two great showmen. HAVE A GOOD WEEK . . . 'TIL NEXT WEEK

Ah, the days of my youth. Watching wrestling when (British) TV showed wrestling unspoiled by growly/shouty promos, bloody silly gimmicks, excessive steroids, ridiculous storylines, and relentless merchandising.

The Crabtree brothers wrecked wrestling in the U.K.

Leon was a good heel and Les was the best comedian of wrestling that you don't get today

In my younger days, I used to believe this was authentic! 😀 Although they were fairly athletic, but it was all a big entertaining show. Good old days.

Nothing better on a Saturday afternoon 4 pm with Kent Walton never replace this programme

Wonderful childhood memories,

If you are lucky once in a lifetime you find a Master of the trade. Rarely will they show off, but they will make life better for those who watch them work. Les Kellett was one of them and I have the pleasure of seeing a couple more in my lifetime! To some, they look like great entertainers, not wrestlers, that was the skill level. They could provide entertainment while wrestling.

Sod Big Daddy vs Haystacks. This is the best of old English wrestling.

"Green it were"!!!......

Used to go to the wrestling every Friday at the Liverpool stadium. Me and a friend picked up a couple of loosies each. Great entertainment. I was about 12/13 and thought that it was all real.

Leon Arris also known as Brian Glover the actor ( played Cyril Heslop in porridge )

I love the pantomime-like theatricality of it with Brian Glover (Arris), pure showmanship :-)

My dear old Nan was glued to the box every Saturday afternoon, took the Mick out of her something rotten because she was convinced it was real. Best thing about Wrestling back then was the final bell, football results followed

People forget Brian Glover was in Alien 3.

I can remember sitting eating banana sandwiches when wrestling was on every Saturday afternoon at 4 pm.

its that bloke from kes and the tetley tea commercials

Congratulations To Les Kellett

Better than anything today, the having rules for instance and not allowing punches makes it easier to wrestle, this is entertaining and pro wreslting both as it should be and needs to be learned from today

Brilliant entertainment. All history now. Great memories of Saturday afternoons infront of the tele. Grub on a tray in the living room. Great days. Remember McManus and Jackie Palo. ?😅😅😅😅😅

Les Kellett is my new obsession

19:30 that rope spot was incredible!

just brilliant

What a match !! But there’s only one Les kellet 😊

Les was a real hard guy ..Grip of hydraulic joints ,,,great video ...Long Time ago ,,when Britain was not broken ..