Credited cast: | |||
Emily Bevan | ... | Lady Virginia Williams | |
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Pamela Cockerill | ... | Self |
Jenny Funnell | ... | Pamela | |
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Howden Ganley | ... | Self |
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Alan Jones | ... | Self |
Nigel Mansell | ... | Self | |
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Nelson Piquet | ... | Self |
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Tim Prior | ... | Frank Williams |
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Keke Rosberg | ... | Self |
Jackie Stewart | ... | Self | |
Jacques Villeneuve | ... | Self | |
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Claire Williams | ... | Self |
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Frank Williams | ... | Self |
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Peter Windsor | ... | Self |
Charting the story of Formula One's most celebrated family, Williams is a thrilling account of how one man built a racing empire and a vivid, heart-rending portrait of the aftermath of a tragedy. Starting life with nothing other than a single-minded obsession for speed, Sir Frank Williams created one of the world's most enduring Formula One racing teams, winning nine Constructors' Championships over the last 40 years. But in 1986 at the height of this success, a near fatal car accident left Frank fighting to survive and the team's future hanging in the balance. Williams, a brand-new documentary from BAFTA-wining director Morgan Matthews, tells the story of Frank's rise to fame and how his family battled to keep him alive and the team afloat after the crash that left Frank wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. Featuring heart-pounding racing footage, interviews with much-loved Formula One stars (including Sir Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell, Alan Jones and Sir Patrick Head) and ... Written by Curzon Artificial Eye
Having watched several documentaries over the years on legends of motor sport. Graham Hill Jackie Stewart Jim Clarke and now Sir Frank Williams. They all strike me as extremely driven determined and selfish individuals who put there need to increase the speed of their cars above all else and in Frank Williams most of all his family. They always came second to his F1 team. Despite having a remarkable wife who stuck by him despite numerous affairs and a near fatal accident that left him severely paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. In this insightful documentary we learn much about this remarkable man who took a struggling team on the point of bankruptcy to a multi million pound business winning several world titles along the way. We also learn much about his daughter Claire who herself has had difficult family decisions to make in her quest to become the most powerful woman in the male dominated world of Formula one. 9/10