Gazza: story of a footballer mercilessly used and abused by tabloid press | Barry Glendenning
Documentary chronicles turbulent life from early days as gifted teenage midfielder to admission to the PrioryIt’s no great spoiler to reveal that, apart from Gazza’s opening and closing scenes filmed near a Hampshire fishing lake, it is comprised of archive footage. The subject of this two-part documentary, to be shown on the BBC, had been booked to participate in a Q&A after a London press screening on Thursday, but despite being spotted at the venue was a no-show. The appearance of the footballer’s latter-day incarnation proved even more fleeting in “real life” as it was on screen.Paul Gascoigne, we were told, did not feel up to facing the press and had adjourned to his hotel. While there is no suggestion...