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The Man Who Squeezes Muscles: Searching for Purple Aki
2016Directed byNick Mattingly
0h 17m
Across Merseyside, there is a name which has been whispered for decades – "Purple Aki". Benjamin Zand goes in search of the truth behind one of the UK's strangest stories.
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
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BBC Three
RATING
NR
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