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[Keith68]

Really good biography of Graham Hill called 'Graham Hill - Driven' on Sky Anytime right now, well worth watching

[stevewf1]

Originally posted by Keith68
Really good biography of Graham Hill called 'Graham Hill - Driven' on Sky Anytime right now, well worth watching

Graham Hill's book "Life at the Limit" is one of the best books I've ever read.

Published in 1970. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-120103. Publisher Coward-McCann, Inc. New York.

If anyone should ever stumble upon a copy of this book these days, pick it up...

[sterling49]

Originally posted by stevewf1


Graham Hill's book "Life at the Limit" is one of the best books I've ever read.

Published in 1970. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-120103. Publisher Coward-McCann, Inc. New York.

If anyone should ever stumble upon a copy of this book these days, pick it up...

Always good to read again, such a great character

[SchuOz]

Saw this doco 6 months ago...AWESOME !

[wewantourdarbyback]

If it's the one that was on BBC4 a while back it's a really good one.

[Imperial]

Definitely the best driver documentary I have ever seen. Such a wonderful insight into not only the man, but F1 of the period.

That he is openly and frequently criticised for various reasons throughout it makes it all the better. Everyone is human and has the ability to be a total prat and it's got to see none of that is hidden. It's very clear from the various sources of information about Hill that he could be a prize @rsehole a lot of the time.

Contrast that with the 'can do no wrong' fairtytale storylines in most of the driver documentaries out there.

[MonzaOne]

I read Hill's book as a kid years ago and enjoyed it then. Would love to read it again.

And such a great pity that wonderful characters such as Graham Hill and James Hunt were taken so early.

I think Graham would have been so proud of Damon's display of stiff upper lip and sportsmanship during the years he fought Michael Schumacher for the title.

Dirty play was aimed at Damon but he never gave in to the temptation to retaliate.

There is a league of people with ethics and Damon as well as Alain Prost are included versus the dirty players such as Senna and Schumacher.

[SKL]

Wonder if that would be on the BBC channel offered on DirecTV on this side of the pond??? Better do a search on my TIVO...

[pingu666]

its probably avalable for aquirement *ahem* by the normal means, and it is fully excellent

[Scorg]

It is curious, as it is ESPN Classic that are the hosting channel linked on Anytime TV. Are they known to show BBC programing such as this?

[Imperial]

It has previously been available on BBC iPlayer on digital boxes (where I watched it), so may well be available on the internet version of iPlayer.

Whether the usual 'cannot be viewed outside of the UK' issues apply to that, I don't know.

[jcbc3]

Originally posted by stevewf1


Graham Hill's book "Life at the Limit" is one of the best books I've ever read.

Published in 1970. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-120103. Publisher Coward-McCann, Inc. New York.

If anyone should ever stumble upon a copy of this book these days, pick it up...

Just looked it up on amazon. Apparently it was published first in 1969/1970. But there seems to have been a later edition from 1976. Does anyone know if that was updated by himself to include the later years in his life or was it a simple re-issue after his death?

[stevewf1]

Originally posted by jcbc3
Just looked it up on amazon. Apparently it was published first in 1969/1970. But there seems to have been a later edition from 1976. Does anyone know if that was updated by himself to include the later years in his life or was it a simple re-issue after his death?

I don't know about later issues or versions, but this link looks like the copy I have (1970) just by looking at the publisher (Coward-McCann) and the number of pages (255)... I threw away the dust jacket years ago, so I can't verify that. It does look familiar, but that's been so long ago I don't want to say for sure.

http://www.amazon.co...26236069&sr=1-6

I did see two other listings for "Life at the Limit" Graham Hill, but with different publishers and one of them had a different page count, the other didn't list a page count. :

I don't frequent Amazon all that often, so I don't know how quickly (or if at all) the links change, so I hope this link is good...

[subh]

Has anyone here seen that programme on the Hallmark channel with a ‘Miss DeMonacco’ in it? That name always sounds like something else...

[Ivan]

Steve,
I have an original copy of that great book.
I really hate the fact that you lot in the UK and Europe have access to all this great stuff. IT never comes to the US.

[Welsh]

I have Driven on DVD as I recorded it when BBC4 showed it again during the British GP weekend I also recorded the Jackie Stewart one as well....... but did not record the Jim Clark docu, but will next time it's shown again cause that was a really good one as well.