WINNER – “Sports Documentary of the Year” at the Broadcast Sport Awards in 2023
WINNER – “Best Documentary” at the Venice TV Awards
WINNER – “Best Sports Programme” at the RTS North West Awards
NOMINATED – “Single Documentary” BAFTA 2024
A definitive portrait of a unique, working-class hero, one of the world’s most beloved boxers – Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton. The documentary, with incredible access to Ricky and unseen archive footage, charts his journey from the Hattersley estate near Manchester to headlining on the strip in Las Vegas is an emotional insight into a brilliant but flawed sporting hero. The story of a man forced to navigate a path through fragile relationships and broken dreams as he attempts to make sense of a life that appeared destined for a happy ending.
Directed by Dan Dewsbury; Sky / Noah Media Group