No British athlete in the history of track and field has attained more World Records or World Best times than Sebastian Coe, at last count: 12. At his peak in 1981, Coe was considered invincible, then came a series of injury and illness culminating in his dramatic withdrawal from the World Championships due to a rare blood disorder. This film features interviews and live footage of super miler Sebastian Coe. You will see many of his record runs and Olympic races, follow him during his workouts, examine his relationship with his coach/father, and interviews other principals, such as Steve Ovett, about what makes him tick. This film was once made available from Films for the Humanities at a public performance cost and is now rather rare to obtain. The narrator and director was Tony Maylam with Drummond Challis in the role of producer. Below is the first of six parts of this film as seen on YouTube.
