
Graham Hill: Driven
Portrait of the eccentric, charismatic British motor racing legend Graham Hill, a man who lived and died during a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous.
Emotive documentary portrait of a sporting legend who lived and died during a time when sex was safe and motor racing was dangerous!
Graham Hill was an eccentric, charismatic Englishman from a bygone era of sporting endeavour. With great determination he won the Formula 1 World Championship, the Indy 500 and the Le Mans 24 hours race, thereby achieving the 'triple crown' of motor racing - a unique feat that remains unmatched to this day. Graham also won the glamorous Monaco Grand Prix five times during an era when drivers routinely met violent death. Away from the circuit, he was a raconteur of hilarious proportions, a dashing figure with a keen eye for the ladies. He was an irrepressible free spirit who simply didn't know when to quit.
Ultimately, it was to be his undoing.
Graham's illustrious racing career spanned three decades, which at its height saw him routinely slugging it out with fellow F1 champions Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart. Close friends yet intense rivals on the track, they were the 'Three Musketeers' during a golden era of motor racing. But what was the truth behind Graham's popular public image? 30 years on from his death, his family, close friends and former colleagues paint an intimate, revealing and entertaining portrait of a sporting hero tragically killed in a plane crash in 1975.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Mark Craig |
| Director | Mark Craig |
| Executive Producer | Mark Stewart |
Broadcasts
- Mon 26 May 200821:00
- Tue 27 May 200800:30
- Tue 27 May 200803:30
- Sat 31 May 200820:00
- Sat 25 Apr 200919:00
- Sun 26 Apr 200903:00
- Sat 20 Jun 200922:30
- Tue 22 Dec 200900:30
- Sun 20 Feb 201119:00BBC Two Scotland, Northern Ireland & England only
- Sun 27 Feb 201117:55BBC Two Wales
- Mon 12 Sep 201121:00
- Tue 13 Sep 201100:30