Proper must watch

[Rory's Dad]

Great programme.  I thought Patrick Stewart was going to be a bit too actooorish but, as has been said above, the story got the better of the actor and the true feelings came out.

 

Rory's Dad

[s2rrr]

Seconded all the positive comments, really was a good documentary, looking forward to the rest. I remember the time of his crash and it was a national event, sadly legends like him don't get all the recognition they deserve.

 

Bob

[Captain Colonial]

Just marvellous.  Made me well up a bit too, imagining being in Patrick's shoes doing that.  What the BBC does best.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

A superb documentary, so often these types are so dry and dusty to watch, but this was lifted by Patrick Stuarts real enthusiasm and by the great chemistry between him and Sir Stirling.

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

More Aintree

We can always rely on Bernie to find the gems from the archive - superbly delivered by Damon bearing in mind that his dad and Jim Clark were rivals; friendly rivals but rivals nonetheless. It all seemed far more gentlemanly then. I love the Lotus 25, do you think I could get one on Fleabay?

[cidersurfer]

Didn't he fall down the lift shaft the other year and smash his legs up? I was wondering how he managed it. Sleep walking perhaps?

Err no. Pit stop error...

Pinched from his website...

The accident occurred as a consequence of falling down three floors in the lift shaft at his home. The door to the lift, that should have remained locked if the lift was not on the floor that it was called from, opened in error. He stepped into the narrow open shaft in the expectation that the lift would be present for him to walk into, as it should have been.