The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son

“You do not, I would hazard, expect to be moved to tears by a documentary about the Eubank family. But I suspect I am not the only one to find myself unexpectedly moved by The Eubanks: Like Father, Like Son. He treats his father with such quiet respect – absorbing all his performative flourishes, and clearly trying to keep his mind’s eye and his heart fixed on Eubank Sr’s underlying love – that your own heart is semi-pulverised long before we get to the meat of the programme.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“This was a male story with barely any female voices. But given we are often enjoined to understand men better these days, it made for a fascinating programme about human complexity and the difficulty some men have in communicating, as well as the unbreakable power of love and the human spirit. It was a knockout.”
Ben Dowell, The Times

“For viewers who take little interest in boxing, this Eubank eulogy was a confused muddle for the first 20 minutes. It zigzagged from a bout between Chris Jnr and Conor Benn in April, to a meeting between the two Chrises months later, to Chris Snr’s heyday three decades ago, to excerpts from a short-lived reality series from 2003 called At Home With The Eubanks. Throughout this, the producers took it for granted that we knew all about the rivalry of the older Eubank and Nigel Benn, Conor’s boxer dad. Ultimately, that’s the only reason anyone could care about the clash between their sons.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail