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Sixteen days before Richard Branson is scheduled to make a potentially historic flight as the first passenger to reach space in his own spacecraft in July 2021, the billionaire entrepreneur sits down for a conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Chris Smith, in light of the risk that lies ahead. Smith ultimately takes us on an expansive and intimate 70-year journey, from Branson’s upbringing as the son of a spirited, tough-love mother in Britain, to his pursuits of extreme, personal daredevilry that serve both to grow his businesses’ brands and feed his insatiable, lifelong thirst for high-stakes adventure. With added insight from family members, business associates, and journalists, and illustrated by decades of archival and home video footage, Branson reveals the ups and downs of a man driven by risk taking in both his business and personal life, reflecting on the costs and rewards of his lifelong, relentless optimism and boundary-pushing.
Original Release
12/01/2022 on hbo
US Release
12/01/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Branson | Self |
Holly Branson | Self |
John Arlidge | Self - Senior Business Writer, The Sunday Times |
Vanessa Branson | Self |
Joan Branson | Self |
Simon Draper | Self - Former Chairman, Virgin Records |
Will Whitehorn | Self - Former Board Director, Virgin Group |
David Tait | Self - Former Executive VP, Virgin Atlantic |
Sam Branson | Self |
Lindy Branson | Self - Richard's Sister |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Words and Music | Thursday, 01 December 2022 |
2 | Atlantic | Sunday, 11 December 2022 |
3 | Fight or Flight | Saturday, 17 December 2022 |
4 | Space | Sunday, 18 December 2022 |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Branson | Self |
Holly Branson | Self |
John Arlidge | Self - Senior Business Writer, The Sunday Times |
Vanessa Branson | Self |
Joan Branson | Self |
Simon Draper | Self - Former Chairman, Virgin Records |
Will Whitehorn | Self - Former Board Director, Virgin Group |
David Tait | Self - Former Executive VP, Virgin Atlantic |
Sam Branson | Self |
Lindy Branson | Self - Richard's Sister |
Per Lindstrand | Self - Balloonist / Founder, Colt Balloons Ltd |
Chris Moss | Self - Former Marketing Director, Virgin Atlantic |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kate Noble | Executive Producer |
Stacy Smith | Producer |