- Title: Desert Orchid: Living With The Legend
- Date: 24th December 1989
- Summary: A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES INTO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF A SUPERSTAR. DESERT ORCHID, THE COUNTRY'S FAVOURITE RACECOURSE, HAS ATTRACTED A HUGE FOLLOWING WITH HIS STRIKING LOOKS, HIS FEARLESS SPIRIT AND HIS OBVIOUS LOVE OF RACING AND WINNING. THIS FILM, MADE BY OWNER RICHARD BURRIDGE, COVERS NINE MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION FROM HIS TRIUMPHANT VICTORY IN THE CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP TO HIS CAREFREE HOLIDAYS IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND BACK TO SERIOUS TRAINING IN WILTSHIRE FOR THE COMING SEASON. WHILE DESERT ORCHID CAPTIVATES ALL THOSE WHO COME IN TO CONTACT WITH HIM, HIS 'STAFF' RUN HIS FAN CLUB, DEAL WITH THE PRESS, AND GENERALLY RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING WITH A NATIONAL TREASURE.
- Description:A documentary about a horse that captured the heart of a nation - a snapshot of an english summer through the eyes of those people involved with desert orchid. England at its best - desert orchid at his best and as just a horse.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Zenith Entertainment LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:24/12/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s