Donald Campbell: Speed King2013

John Pearson:
His father had a much easier job, driving his simpler cars at lower speeds, and becoming a great national hero and getting his knighthood. Donald tried the same thing on much more difficult cars, going at much faster speeds in a very different world, but he wasn't taken seriously in the way his father was. I think, though, that when you go beneath the surface of what was going on, you realise that this really was a man who was a much greater man than his father, a much more heroic man, a much nicer man, and a genuine hero.

Donald Campbell:
[archive footage] Probably, also, I haven't grown up, and if that's so, well I'm quite prepared to accept it and I'm in no hurry. There's too much time to grow up and grow old.

John Pearson:
I think Donald is the sort of hero we really need today, someone who is not phoney but, on the other hand, is not a pompous git. He wasn't a pompous git, he was a good guy, and he was very honourable.