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Release Date:
December 30, 2021
Original Title:
Walter: A Life in Football
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Albert Sustainable Production
BBC Scotland
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: PG
Runtime: 59
Documentary paying tribute to one of the most successful managers in the history of Scottish football, Walter Smith. A winner as manager for Rangers and Scotland, Walter Smith was a man whose character won respect across the hard tribal lines of our national game. Featuring rare archive, and told with interview contributions from the people who knew him best and who worked with him throughout his long and varied career, the programme explores the numerous successes at Rangers, his experiences as a manager when he headed south to Everton in the English Premiership, his leadership of the Scotland national men’s team and his sensational return to Rangers in 2007. Walter: A Life in Football follows the highs and lows of Smith’s career, exploring the characteristics that made players, fellow managers and supporters venerate him. He was genuinely loved and revered by many, including titans of the game such as Pep Guardiola and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Additional Camera:
Keith Ingram
Marco Cervi
Maria Sattrup
Helmut Kobler
Assistant Editor:
Georgia Middleton
Lewis MacLeod
Stephen A. Woods
Assistant Production Manager:
Danielle Gardiner
Elise Mulford
Associate Producer:
Jamie Thomson Cole
Director:
Martin Conaghan
Director of Photography:
Steven Donnelly
Editor:
Sean McGee
Tom Connor
Executive Producer:
Graham Russell
Graphic Designer:
David Gilmour
Mixing Engineer:
Sam Biggs
Producer:
Neil Sargent
Martin Conaghan
Producer's Assistant:
Keir Murray
Production Manager:
Mhairi Anderson
Sound Recordist:
Kristian Edwards
Peter Elliott
Kira Zeigler
Unit Manager:
Jane Summers
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