HILL

Damon Hill’s father was his hero. Graham Hill was two-time world champion and racing icon, full of natural charisma, humour and vibrancy; he was a towering figure. For Damon, growing up on the circuit at a time when F1 was immensely dangerous for the drivers, death cast a constant threat.

And when Graham was killed in a plane crash leaving the family with nothing, 15-year-old Damon was forced to find his path without his father’s support and guidance, a path that would ultimately lead him back into Formula 1.

This is the story of a son’s lifelong search to understand his father set against the backdrop of two fascinating, contrasting eras of the sport: the glamorous death-defying era of 1960s motorsport and the intense on track rivalries of the 1990s Formula 1 icons Schumacher, Senna and Prost. Told by multi-award winning filmmaker Alex Holmes (Maiden, House Of Saddam, Stop At Nothing) with access to prominent contributors, intimate family archive and thrilling and dramatic racing footage, this feature documentary explores what it takes to make a champion and what it takes to make a man.