Senna writer and producer Manish Pandey’s docuseries is exclusively on the streaming platform
Bernie Ecclestone docuseries Lucky! has launched exclusively on discovery+ in the UK.
Manish Pandey, writer and producer of Bafta award winning documentary Senna, was given exclusive rights by Ecclestone, who built the Formula 1 franchise, to create an eight-part series about his life story and history with the motorsport giant.
Pandey writes and directs the series, for which Ecclestone was extensively filmed at his homes in Gstaad and Ibiza during the Covid-19 lockdown. In addition, a large amount of archive footage was made available by Formula 1, and music was composed by Antonio Pinto. Lucky! was produced by Jiva Maya, which Pandey co-founded, and acquired by discovery+ for the UK.
Pandey said: “Bernie has been able to reflect, not just on his days as one of the greatest sporting im- presarios of all time, but also on his life. In his 91 years, he has travelled the world and met everyone who is anyone, yet he remains incredibly personable and immensely funny. It is a joy to tell his extraordinary story, in full, for the first time.”
Ecclestone added: “This is the first time I’ve trusted anyone to tell my story and the story of Formula 1 and Manish is the only storyteller and director who I believe can bring these to the screen. And he isn’t just a great storyteller - he’s also a great fan. He’s been watching Formula 1 since he could walk and his knowledge of the world and its ‘movers and shakers’ is encyclopedic and his passion unsurpassed.”
CEO of Formula 1 Stefano Domenicali commented: “Formula 1 is a truly global sport with over seventy years of history created by Bernie that has a huge part of making the sport what it is. With half a billion global fans and races in 23 countries the interest and excitement around Formula 1 is huge and there will be eager anticipation for this series that will take the viewers on a journey into the life of one of sport’s most interesting characters.”
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