The Real Mo Farah | BBC One

Winner  - Rose D'Or Best Documentary 2022

Winner - Anti-Slavery Award, Hope For Justice 2022

“Farah’s story is resonant for the tens of thousands of human trafficking victims now living in the UK. It’s also profoundly topical for those of us who feel the Home Office, in demonising illegal immigrants and treating them shabbily, disgraces the flag that Mo Farah carried so proudly in his victory laps in London a decade ago.”
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian

“Revelation after revelation, detail after detail and with one searing emotional confession leading to yet another, the viewer is left punchdrunk, bewildered at the real story of his life. You get quite bruised from this hour of jaw-dropping television.”
Sean O’Grady, The Independent

“The Real Mo Farah was gobsmacking, moving, enraging and gripping, told by Farah with a modest restraint and dearth of self-pity that frequently moved me to tears.”
Carol Midgley, The Times

“It was a truly gobsmacking disclosure, particularly as Farah had recounted his official backstory – of coming to the UK with his mother, to join a father who was working here – in great detail in his autobiography and countless interviews. And it was painful to imagine how awful life must have been for this bewildered nine-year-old boy, taken thousands of miles from his home and the mother he loved…There was a problem with the documentary, though, which was that it left many questions unanswered. Perhaps the film-makers thought viewers would be so gripped by the main story, the awkward detail could be skipped over.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph