Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant

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.

Directed by Sarah Appleton

Top cast

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David Hamilton-Grant

Self (archive footage)

Jack Davenport

Narrator (voice)

Françoise Pascal

Self

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Cheryl Gilham

Self

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Julian Petley

Self

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Kate Egan

Self

Antony I. Ginnane

Self

Derek Malcolm

Self

David Flint

Self

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Clive Godden

Self

David McGillivray

Self

Marianne Morris

Self

Vic Pratt

Self

Brendan Price

Self

Fiona Richmond

Self

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Geoffrey Robertson

Self

Derek Malcolm

Self (archive footage)

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Mary Whitehouse

Self (archive footage)

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