Steeplejack-turned-TV personality Fred Dibnah pledged today to buy a new flat cap for his trip to Buckingham Palace. The 65-year-old, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, who is rarely seen without ...

Documentary series in which Fred Dibnah travels around Britain in his restored traction engine in search of engineering skills and technology from a bygone age.

8/12 A look at Fred's fascination with mining, which led him to dig his own coal mine.

Bolton Steeplejack Fred Dibnah has scaled great heights in his career. In this fascinating documentary, you will get to see him climb a 100 foot chimney that he is preparing for steam powered ...

The original 1979 documentary that introduced the world to Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah as he goes about his deathdefying job demolishing or repairing factory ...