6.8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 24 Production company(s) ITV Sport First episode date 23 October 2012 Number of episodes 24 Genre Sports | 6.8/10 IMDb No. of series 3 Running time 60 Minutes Original network ITV4 Network ITV4 Created by ITV Sport Number of series 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sports Life Stories is an ITV Sport documentary series shown on ITV4 and ITV. Each episode is devoted to one sporting great and lets them tell their life story alongside contributions from friends and family as well as sporting archive. The first episode told the story of boxer Barry McGuigan and aired in October 2012 on ITV4. Reporters on the series have included Gabriel Clarke, Ned Boulting, Adam Darke and Leon Mann.
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Sports Life Stories has been described as a 'first-class interview series' by broadcaster Des Lynam and as 'the best sports documentary series on television' by TV critic Ian Hyland. Sports Life Stories was awarded Television Programme of the Year 2013 at the Sports Journalists' Association Awards on 24 March 2014.
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Sports Life Stories Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA