• 1991
  • 30m
The Power and the Glory

Summary The Power and the Glory was a 13-part television documentary series shown between 4 October and 27 December 1991 on BBC2. The series covers 100 years of motor racing history. View more details

  • 1991
  • 30m

The Power and the Glory

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Mario Andretti Philip Tibenham Stirling Moss Nigel Mansell

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Genres : Sport Documentary

Release date : Feb 9, 1991

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : YouTube

Language : English

Filming locations : UK

Production companies : John Gau Productions

Summary The Power and the Glory was a 13-part television documentary series shown between 4 October and 27 December 1991 on BBC2. The series covers 100 years of motor racing history. View more details

Details

Genres : Sport Documentary

Release date : Feb 9, 1991

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : YouTube

Language : English

Filming locations : UK

Production companies : John Gau Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 03, 1991
The Fastest Men on Earth
The first Grand Prix was won 85 years ago at 73 mph. This year's Indianapolis winner averaged 176 mph.
Episode 2 • Oct 10, 1991
The Road Racers
Millie Miglia, Targa Florio, Carrera Pan Americana - the names of the great road races have disappeared from the racing calendar, but they still evoke the history of motor racing at its most full-blooded. The sport was banned in the 1950s.
Episode 3 • Oct 17, 1991
The Right Stuff
Some of the sport's great names offer an insight into what took them to victory. And at a school for racing drivers, students find out if they have that combination of skill, courage, toughness, and the will to win.
Episode 4 • Oct 24, 1991
The Pioneers
This is the story of the remarkable men whose daring and skill pushed the top speed of racing cars from around 20 mph to over 100 mph in the pioneering age of the sport.
Episode 5 • Oct 31, 1991
The Aristocrats
The 20s/30s saw the expansion of grand-prix racing and the introduction of technical advances like supercharging and the first single-seaters. The designers produced some of the classic cars of all time - Bentley, Bugatti, Alfa Romeo.
Episode 6 • Nov 07, 1991
Years of Thunder
From zero to 300 mph in six seconds, nose-to-tail racing at 200 mph, ear-splitting exhausts, gigantic crowds - this is motor racing the American way. Today they are multi-million-dollar businesses.
Episode 7 • Nov 14, 1991
Racing for the Reich
Hitler knew that victory on the grand prix circuits would demonstrate the Third Reich's technical superiority and bring his new Germany great prestige. With government subsidies, Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union set out to build a winning car.
Episode 8 • Nov 21, 1991
Forests Deep, Mountains High
Rallying began as a genteel amateur sport for those with a sense of adventure - today it is highly competitive, with special cars, large back-up teams and professional drivers.
Episode 9 • Nov 28, 1991
Those Red Cars
The story of the brilliant red cars of Italy - so elegant to look at, so easy to drive - which dominated grand-prix racing after the Second World War, featuring, in particular, the great classic of its time, the Maserati 250F.
Episode 10 • Dec 05, 1991
The Revolutionaries
In 1958, a little Cooper Climax, driven by Stirling Moss , won the Argentinian Grand Prix. It was the first time in the modern era that a mid-engined car had won a grand prix. The front-engined racing car was soon consigned to history.
Episode 11 • Dec 12, 1991
Making a Marque
Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar all made their reputations by winning on the racetrack. Using specially-shot footage, Making a Marque looks at some of the world's most beautiful sports cars which proved themselves first on the racetrack.
Episode 12 • Dec 19, 1991
The Richest Prize
To win the Indianapolis 500 is an American dream. The drivers share over $7 million for just one race. Rick Mears describes what it is like to drive round the famous track at speeds approaching 240 mph.
Episode 13 • Dec 26, 1991
State of the Art
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.
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