Boris Becker | Boy King | 1

British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A Wimbledon win aged just 17 saw Boris Becker become the tennis tournament’s youngest ever winner and a global superstar. But the pressure of overnight fame sent his life into a tailspin. In this four-part series, Matt Forde and Alice Levine chart Becker’s meteoric rise and shocking fall from grace. A fall that took the player from the tennis court to the criminal court. And to a London prison.

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0:14.0	July.
0:15.0	July 2017, the All England Club, Wimbledon, London. Boris Becker Pat's fellow commentator John
0:31.6	Mackinrow on the back, unclips his mic and leaves the commentary box.
0:36.0	He's just given his thoughts on Roger Federer's victory in the Wimbledon final.
0:41.0	He checks his watch, decides he can fit in a quick detour before heading home.
0:47.0	Boris heads downstairs to the centre court entrance, raises his eyes to the writing above the door,
0:53.0	the last thing players see before walking out onto its hallowed grass.
0:59.0	He feels a familiar shiver run down his spine, just as he did the first time he read those words
1:06.1	32 years ago.
1:08.8	If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same.
1:15.0	Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's if.
1:18.0	I thought he meant Mr.
1:19.0	Both Kipling's play a big part in the story of Wimbledon of course,
1:23.2	Rudyard with his inspirational quote, and Mr.
1:27.2	with his French fancies.
1:28.8	His exceedingly good cakes.
1:31.2	He's dragged from his thoughts by his ringing phone.
1:37.0	It's his agent.
	...

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