- Title: Toys For The Boys
- Date: 8th April 1991
- Summary: Documentary profile of Frank Williams,who ranks among Enzo Ferrari and Colin Chapman as one of the great racing car constructors.
- Description:DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE LATEST ATTEMPT TO FIND A BRITISH FORMULA ONE WINNER. TOYS FOR THE BOYS LOOKS AT THE MOTIVATION OF THE MEN INVOLVED IN FORMULA ONE MOTOR RACING - THE ETHOS OF THE RACE AS A TECHNICAL BATTLE AND THE VAST AMOUNTS OF MONEY (ANNUAL BUDGETS OF #10,000,000) REQUIRED TO SUPPLY THE RESOURCES INVOLVED. THE SPONSORS LOOK TO THEIR ENGINEERS TO OUTWIT THEIR RIVALS AND PAY THEM SALARIES OF 'A MILLION POUNDS A YEAR' TO ACHIEVE THIS. ENGINEERS AND DRIVERS ALIKE ARE MOTIVATED FROM AN EARLY AGE BY THEIR SCHOOLBOY HEROS LIKE JIM CLARK OR MIKE HAWTHORN IGNORING THE REALITY OF THEIR DEATHS AT THE WHEEL OF THE CARS THEY REVERE. THEY ALSO PARTIALLY ADMIT TO THE UNDERLYING SEXUAL ATTRACTION INVOLVED IN THE POWER OF DRIVING THESE MACHINES BUT UNDERPLAY IT'S SIGNIFICANCE BY SAYING "IT'S A MAN'S WORLD"... ONE OF THESE MEN IS THE CHARISMATIC FRANK WILLIAMS WHOSE TEAM BUILDS NIGEL MANSELL'S CAR. AFTER NEAR DEATH IN HIS LAST CAR HE STRUGGLES TO BETTER HIS ACHIEVMENTS FROM A WHEELCHAIR.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Uden Associates Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:08/04/1991
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s