This documentary was extremely beneficial for learning how to become a good journalist. It was a hard hitting documentary revealing something that Freddie Flintoff had never opened up about before so required a real degree of sensitivity which I believe was given by the people who made the documentary.
The story was trying to tell how Flintoff had lived his life despite really struggling with his mental health at times. As a viewer I was surprised at this as before hearing about his eating disorders and his previous struggles I would have had no idea about what he has gone through in the last 20 years.
Due to the nature of the documentary the most difficult questions were being asked to Flintoff, who wanted to reveal to the general public the struggles he has endured in his private life. He was asked about what he usually eats, and when he was last sick due to his condition, obviously these are sensitive questions.
Personally I was quite surprised with some of the access the production team got in the making of this. I was surprised that they found people with similar conditions to Flintoff who were willing to speak to Flintoff (a total stranger) and discuss their conditions on National TV which will be seen by possibly millions of people. Each of the interviewees were very open which made it an interesting watch.
Personally, I don’t think there were any unanswered questions in this documentary.
AWC SPORT 