Hurst: The First and Only

87 mins feature doc for Sky Documentaries

★★★★ The Sunday Times ‘Excellent documentary… remarkable, moving’

★★★★ The Mirror ‘A stunning documentary… searingly powerful’

★★★★ The Daily Telegraph ‘Unflinching and eye-opening’

Hurst was a superb footballer, part of the only England team ever to win a World Cup. More than half a century later he remains a national hero.

But five years after retiring he was on the dole. He fought back to gain the respect and status he always deserved only to lose his brother to suicide and a daughter to a brain tumour.

This is a life shaped by glory and tragedy, fame and normality.