Portillo's State Secrets — Season 1, Episode 5: Sport and Politics
30 min • 1 season, 10 episodes
Episode synopsis
Michael learns about the secret documents that show why the country didn’t boycott Hitler’s Olympics and he finds out about Churchill’s attempt to ban the world’s first black heavyweight champion.
About Portillo's State Secrets
Michael Portillo takes a look through the national archives to discover different stories that have been hidden in previously classified documents.