In May last year we brought your attention to a powerful BBC documentary called Grand Prix: The Killer Years. It concentrates on Formula One from the years 1961–73 and highlights the horrors the sport could bring and the inherent lack of safety at the time.
The full one hour documentary was on YouTube but has now been removed. However, if you missed it or would like to watch it the doco will be broadcast on One tomorrow at 10:50am right before coverage of the Australian Grand Prix commences.
We recommend you take the time to watch it and set your recorders if you can’t watch it live. There’s a short preview after the break.
UPDATE 16 March: It now looks like this program will go to air 30 minutes earlier at 10:20am. Thanks for that One!
3 replies on “Grand Prix: The Killer Years (TV alert)”
I saw this last year on here. It’s gruesome at times but you have to watch. Might check it out again.
Timer set…..thx for the heads up!
I thought I had an idea of how dangerous things were back then, but this documentary is a real education in how acceptable death was in that era. Absolutely shocking.