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2. The Calling

Sport’s Strangest Crimes by BBC

Feb 13, 202626:14Sports & Recreation

Every superhero has an origin story. For Captain Cock, it begins in Hong Kong, 1993. Comedian Rich Hall takes us back to when Mark is a young bartender in the city’s chaotic nightlife district -far from Velcro trousers,...

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2. The Calling is an episode from Sport’s Strangest Crimes by BBC. Every superhero has an origin story. For Captain Cock, it begins in Hong Kong, 1993. Comedian Rich Hall takes us back to when Mark is a young bartender in the city’s chaotic...

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