Hall of Fame Season 1
Swedish sports history is filled with fascinating destinies. Glorious victories and fame have affected our sports stars both positively and negatively. Documentary series where our biggest stars are highlighted through unique archive material and in a story in the present. We look for answers in the decisive life events in the stars' careers, as well as how they influenced and shaped the present.
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Hall of Fame
2024Swedish sports history is filled with fascinating destinies. Glorious victories and fame have affected our sports stars both positively and negatively. Documentary series where our biggest stars are highlighted through unique archive material and in a story in the present. We look for answers in the decisive life events in the stars' careers, as well as how they influenced and shaped the present.
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Magic Johnson's foray into Swedish basketball seems at first to be a success. The team takes off and the crowd pours in. But who will actually pay for the party? The clash between American big business and Swedish associational life is becoming brutal. All that's left are bills and a team in tatters. Who is to blame for what? Are the answers at Magic in the US?
After the basketball team Borås M7 went to the final in the SM 1997, they want more. They aim for the stars, hire Sweden's most famous coach and contact the world's biggest basketball star Magic Johnson. Contracts are written about a joint major investment. When the news that Magic will also play for the Borås club is a world sensation. But what does the contract actually say? And is Magic really fit to play?
In January 1988, ten Swedes were ranked among the 50 best in the world. At the end of 1994, Magnus Larsson was the best Swede in the tennis world. Today, Magnus has long retired and the best Swede is ranked 193rd player. What was there in Swedish tennis then - that is missing today? Are there answers to be found with Magnus in Växjö and during the successful year of 1994? The year when Sweden played the great powers USA and Russia in the Davis Cup in the last year of the successful era.
Magnus Larsson was the unlikely world player whose career was made possible by the Swedish tennis prodigy. When he put the racket on the shelf, it was the beginning of the end for Swedish tennis. Today, Magnus lives a life far from the luxury of the tax haven and the cash-strapped tennis circus. What really happened to Magnus and the Swedish tennis wonder?
Ludmila Engquist ends her athletics career and chooses an unexpected path. She sets out to become the first woman in the world to win both the Summer and Winter Olympics. A bet that ends in a big scandal. The friends Erika Johansson and Maria Akraka finally manage to get in touch with Ludmila and set a time for a meeting. Can Sweden forgive Ludmila Engquist?
Ludmila Engquist is Swedish athletics' biggest star, loved by everyone. A few years later, she causes one of the biggest scandals in Swedish sports history. Ludmila disappears from Sweden and for 20 years there has been silence. National teammates Erika Johansson and Maria Akraka decide to find out what happened. Can Sweden forgive Ludmila Engquist?