“This polished documentary kept up the pace well, avoiding the trap of becoming a sports-nerd, groin-strain film, but instead being a rather fascinating potted history (with some details I had forgotten) of how the National Lottery bankrolled us out of embarrassment and on to Olympic glory.”
Carol Midgley, The Times
“This first of three films was sober and measured in its retelling – rather than fawn over the athletes and their success, Team GB were painted as the underdogs – a title we still wear with pride, long after London 2012.”
Emily Baker, The i
“Archive clips showed how dramatically that injection of funds benefited our young sports stars. In the space of four years, UK athletes went from embarrassment to all-conquering pride.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail
Directed by Stephen Finnigan; BBC1 / Blast Films