1989: Nottingham's Number 1 Sumo Fan | Turning Japanese | Niche Sports | BBC Archive

"A good little one can beat a bad big one, but nothing can beat a good big one!" The Friday Documentary profiles Doreen Simmons, a Nottingham-born sumo superfan, who has lived in Tokyo for 16 years. Doreen works for the Foreign Press Centre, and has slowly become accepted as an authority on sumo, writing articles for sumo magazines. What is it about life in Japan - and sumo wrestling in particular - that appeals to her? Clip taken from The Friday Documentary: Turning Japanese, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 8 December, 1989. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1 You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive