The tennis coach skilfully interviews sports superstars in this interview series, beginning with the Olympic swimming champion on her successes and struggles
There is something slick and sleek about Driving Force (Sky Documentaries), a juicy series of interviews and profiles in which Judy Murray meets British women who have ascended to the highest levels of their sports. Murray uses her own life experiences to tease the good, the bad and the horrifying out of superstars of their fields, from Victoria Pendleton to Kelly Holmes, Christine Ohuruogu to Steph Houghton. It is lit and shot like a classy American documentary and, in parts, reminded me of HBO’s Serena Williams series Being Serena – though not quite so earnest.
In tonight’s episode, Murray meets Rebecca Adlington, the most successful British swimmer of all time, a double Olympic gold medallist, a double Olympic bronze medallist and a world record-breaker. Adlington is a good talker. Late in the interview, she explains that she benefited hugely from working with a sports psychologist, and that having therapy was “the best decision I ever made”. It seems to have given her a wise and considered perspective on life before and after her spectacular performance in Beijing.
