Best Sports Documentaries

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Another Northern Soul
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Best Sports Documentaries

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I love a well-made documentary. Seen loads but plenty more to watch yet. I was wondering what folk think of certain ones, not just football ones.

I watched 'Greavsie' again last week, it gets good marks on IMDB etc, 4 out of 5 rating, but I thought it should have been a lot better. The good, most effective parts for me were the interviewees, with the exception of Rio Ferdinand and to a lesser extent Gary Lineker. It's a BT film though so I understand why they were on. Lineker at least knew what he was talking about, RF was just thrown in for no real good reason I reckon.

One of THE best for me, even though it's basketball, is The Last Dance which is basically the story of Michael Jordan. It's a long series but fascinating and emotive at the same time.

NEVER watched the LU ones made by Amazon :shock:
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When we were Kings is up there.

The story of the Ali v Foreman Rumble in the Jungle.
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Selby White wrote:When we were Kings is up there.

The story of the Ali v Foreman Rumble in the Jungle.
Yes, brilliant. The recent Muhammad Ali docu series on BBC was brilliant too.

I watched the Alex Ferguson one a while back - well, I watched the first half of it which was about his days as a player with Rangers, then his managerial career in Scotland. I couldn't stomach the rest though and switched off :lol: . It was a good watch until the Scum part which is of no interest.
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Not really into F1 but BBC once did one about the rivalry between James Hunt & Nikki Lauda.
Also a film has been made about them.
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