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Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant

Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.

Top Cast

  • David Hamilton-Grant

    David Hamilton-Grant

    Self (archive footage)

  • Jack Davenport

    Jack Davenport

    Narrator (voice)

  • Françoise Pascal

    Françoise Pascal

    Self

  • Cheryl Gilham

    Cheryl Gilham

    Self

  • Julian Petley

    Julian Petley

    Self

  • Kate Egan

    Kate Egan

    Self

  • Antony I. Ginnane

    Antony I. Ginnane

    Self

  • Derek Malcolm

    Derek Malcolm

    Self

  • David Flint

    David Flint

    Self

Overview

Explores the salacious career of mysterious British filmmaker and distributor David Hamilton-Grant, who was the only supplier to be sent to prison for releasing a "video nasty". Hamilton-Grant navigated loopholes in the law in the 70s in order to produce and screen smut in an extremely censorship restricted Britain. When the home video boom hit in the 80s he was one of the first to capitalize on the initially far less regulated format... but he would pay the price. Then things get really dark and strange.

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