• Air date: 14 May '19 2 episodes
      Explore Ali’s challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs through recordings of his own voice. The two-part documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who was a beacon of hope for oppressed people around the world and, in his later years, was recognized as a global citizen and a symbol of humanity and understanding.
  • List of Episodes (2)
    • 1. Part 1

      14 May '19
      The early boxing career of Cassius Clay includes a gold medal win at the 1960 Olympics in Rome; after converting to Islam, Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali; Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into the military.
    • 2. Part 2

      15 May '19
      Ali becomes the first three-time heavyweight champion of the world, but the toll of so many historic ring encounters starts to show; "The Greatest" travels the globe as a goodwill ambassador, philanthropist and activist.