The Power and the Glory: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Man's love affair with fast, beautiful cars is enduring. Few sports can match the vitality, the sheer extravagance and spectacle of a motor race. The Power and the Glory is a vivid account of the development of this exhilarating popular culture from the pioneer days in the 1880's and the birth of the sport in France in the early 1890's, through The Golden Age with the Bentley Boys and the Bugatti Set, right up to the commercialisation and the glittering prizes of the present with Fangio, Moss, Senna and Mansell along the way - a century of magnificent sport.

Series details

• Title: The Power and the Glory
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 1991-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-12-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 63860
• IMDb ID: tt1789594
• TVDB ID: 259253

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-10-04; final listed air date 1991-12-27; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Power and the Glory on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.