For The Record

This interview series is devoted to documenting the extraordinary lives of carp fishing's most influential characters.

Dave Levy | For The Record
2h 9min

Dave Levy
For The Record

Dave Levy has lived an existence fuelled by a passion for carp angling and it’s hugely impacted the life he’s led, for the ...

Ritchie McDonald | For The Record
1h 34min

Ritchie McDonald
For The Record

In a modest, ground-floor flat in suburban West London, lives a man who, single-handedly, changed the face of big-carp fishing. In fact, it ...

Alan Blair | For The Record
1h 40min

Alan Blair
For The Record

Can you believe we made Alan Blair sit still for nearly 2 hours? What’s it like to be Alan Blair? His passion, determination and ...

Kev Wilson | For The Record
1h 19min

Kev Wilson
For The Record

Gone too soon. This film details the incredible story of how Kev Wilson, a young man dubbed for greatness, gave up carp fishing in what ...

Ian Russell | For The Record
1h 31min

Ian Russell
For The Record

If you had a gun to your head and needed to put your trust in someone to catch a carp, in order to save your life, it should be this man, ...

Paul Forward | For The Record
1h 16min

Paul Forward
For The Record

It takes a certain kind of person to become an influence on others; Paul Forward’s one of those characters. With decades of carp ...

John Bird | For The Record
1hour 17min

John Bird
For The Record

John Bird is part of the smallest, most prestigious club in carp fishing. He’s one of just twenty men to have caught a record carp, and ...

Dean Macey | For The Record
54m 37sec

Dean Macey
For The Record

Gold medal or PB chub? We get to the heart of Dean Macey’s twin obsessions in a fascinating For The Record interview. One of our biggest ...

Tim Paisley | For The Record
58m 50sec

Tim Paisley
For The Record

Put the kettle on and prepare your self to be inspired. Writer, publisher, entrepreneur, World Champion, angling politician… They ...

Terry Dempsey | For The Record
1h 7min

Terry Dempsey
For The Record

Terry Dempsey has lived and breathed carp fishing since he was a boy, experiencing great hardship and great glory in the decades that ...

Simon Hartop | For The Record
55m 17sec

Simon Hartop
For The Record

From chasing myths to battling the relentless river thames we sit down with Simon Hartop to discus his life in angling. Our big interview ...

Oz Holness | For The Record
47m 57sec

Oz Holness
For The Record

Gentleman of the big-carp scene, Oz Holness, is the subject of this For The Record interview, and boy he didn’t disappoint. We cover a ...

Nigel Sharp | For The Record
58min

Nigel Sharp
For The Record

Nigel Sharp needs no introduction, but if you were to give him one, “This man has been catching the very best of big British carp for ...

Lewis Read | For The Record
1h 16min

Lewis Read
For The Record

This interview is right up there with our best yet; Lewis is an angler that’s mixed with the best, doesn’t boast an ego, knows how to ...

Mark Willcocks | For The Record
1h 10min

Mark Willcocks
For The Record

For The Record led us into the company of Mark Willcocks, an Essex angler who has been fishing for big carp for an awfully long time! Now, ...

Kevin Nash | For The Record
57m 6sec

Kevin Nash
For The Record

You might not know just how much this man has brought to carp fishing, though. For instance, did you know we have him to thank for lead ...

Jim Shelley | For The Record
1h 28min

Jim Shelley
For The Record

Is Jim Shelley carp angling’s most controversial character? He’s definitely one of the most deadly carp anglers to tread this ...

Jason Hayward | For The Record
1h 5min

Jason Hayward
For The Record

We grabbed the cameras and headed to the wilds of Lincolnshire (ok, it wasn’t that wild) to film a gripping interview with Jason Hayward, ...

Jamie Smith | For The Record
44min 13sec

Jamie Smith
For The Record

Here we have a true entertainer, he’s guaranteed to make you laugh and is a hugely-talented, loveable guy. Jamie Smith is the man ...

Gaz Fareham | For The Record
1h 9min

Gaz Fareham
For The Record

We’d wanted to interview Gaz Fareham for along time and it’s great to say we have now done so; as you can imagine, there was plenty ...

Frank Warwick | For The Record
1h 50min

Frank Warwick
For The Record

Our For The Record interview took us up to the leafy lanes of Cheshire, to meet up with a man who has, whether you realise it or not, ...

Dave Lane | For The Record
59m 46sec

Dave Lane
For The Record

Another huge name ticked firmly off of our For The Record hit list! Dave Lane, the epitome of a big carp bounty hunter with a CV like very ...

Darrell Peck | For The Record
38m 27sec

Darrell Peck
For The Record

This film sees us get up close and personal with arguably the best big-carp man of his generation. Darrell Peck has a carping CV that would ...

Danny Fairbrass | For The Record
30m 46sec

Danny Fairbrass
For The Record

Danny Fairbrass is without doubt, one of the most talked-about personalities in modern carp fishing? Few from this world of carp have been ...

Chris Ball | For The Record
1h 18min

Chris Ball
For The Record

We managed to secure one of carp angling’s great historians for this month’s For The Record; the inimitable Chris Ball. The master ...

Ben Hamilton | For The Record
36m 25sec

Ben Hamilton
For The Record

The name’s Hamilton… Ben Hamilton. We go deep undercover to expose the inner workings of one of the carp scene’s coolest, ...

Ali Hamidi | For The Record
1h 11min

Ali Hamidi
For The Record

A true superstar headliner, Ali Hamidi, kicks us off with a fascinating insight into his world, which gets to the heart of what makes one ...

Alfie Russell | For The Record
59m 50sec

Alfie Russell
For The Record

For the younger generation this young man is a huge influence, but no matter your age you can’t help but respect him. Alfie is no ...

Adam Penning | For The Record
55m 43sec

Adam Penning
For The Record

We delve into the ins and outs of the man himself; Adam Penning speaks like few men can and his For the Record interview is a perfect ...