- Title: True Stories : Maradona
- Date: 18th May 1995
- Summary: DIEGO MARADONA AS HE'S NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE, DURING HIS FIRTS MONTH AS MANAGER OF A SMALL PROVINCIAL ARGENTINE TEAM. HIS DEBUT AS A MANAGER MARKED HIS RETURN TO FOOTBALL AFTER THE BIGGEST SCANDAL OF WORLD CUP 1994. THE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF PERHAPS THE GREATEST AND CERTAINLY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE WORLD. UNIQUE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE AND ACCESS TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY PROVIDE THE FIRST TRUE INSIGHT INTO THE PLAYER'S LIFE AND THE BACKGROUND OF HIS NUMEROUS CONTROVERSIES. MARADONA TALKS ABOUT THE PRESSURES ON HIM AS A SPORTS STAR; HIS DRUG ADDICTION; HIS SIDE OF THE WORLD CUP 1994 STORY; RECALLS THE INCIDENTS WHICH MADE HIM INFAMOUS IN BRITAIN AS HE TAKES US STEP BY STEP THROUGH HIS 'HAND OF GOD' GOAL. WITH MARADONA'S CANDID INTERVIEWS, THE FILM TRANSCENDS SPORT AND DELIVERS A STORY OF HUMAN EXCESS AND SOUL SEARCHING.
- Description:FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY INCLUDES UNSEEN PRIVATE TAPES OF MARADONA'S LIFE STORY PLUS INTERVIEWS AND SEQUENCES AS HE REBUILDS HIS LIFE TODAY.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Central Productions LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:18/05/1995
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s