The Power and the Glory

Man's love affair with fast, beautiful cars is enduring. Few sports can match the vitality, the sheer extravagance and spectacle of a motor race. The Power and the Glory is a vivid account of the development of this exhilarating popular culture from the pioneer days in the 1880's and the birth of the sport in France in the early 1890's, through The Golden Age with the Bentley Boys and the Bugatti Set, right up to the commercialisation and the glittering prizes of the present with Fangio, Moss, Senna and Mansell along the way - a century of magnificent sport.

Show Info

Network: United Kingdom BBC Two (1991 - 1991)
Schedule: Fridays at 21:30 (30 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type: Documentary
Genres: Sports
Episodes ordered: 13 episodes

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State of the Art

Episode 1x13; Dec 27, 1991

How Formula 1 was transformed into a multi-million pound global business. Featuring interviews with racing drivers Nigel Mansell, James Hunt and Gerhard Berger, and team bosses Ron Dennis, Frank Williams and Ken Tyrrell. 

Previous Episodes

Episode NameAirdateTrailer
1x13: State of the ArtDec 27, 1991
1x12: The Richest PrizeDec 20, 1991
1x11: Making a MarqueDec 13, 1991
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