Walter: A Life in Football
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.
Cast
Walter Smith
Self
Graeme Souness
Self
Wayne Rooney
Self
Alex Ferguson
Self
Hugh MacDonald
Self
Roddy Forsyth
Self
Richard Gough
Self
Maurice Malpas
Self
Stuart McCall
Self
David Murray
Self
Jim McLean
Self (Archive Footage)
Chick Young
Self
Brian Laudrup
Self
Archie Knox
Self
Ally McCoist
Self (Archive Footage)
Bill Kenwright
Self
David Weir
Self
Kenny Miller
Self
James McFadden
Self
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English
- Budget
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- Revenue
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- Age rating
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- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Albert Sustainable ProductionBBC Scotland
Crew
Director
Martin Conaghan
Steven Donnelly
Director of Photography
Sean McGee
Editor
Tom Connor
Editor
