Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

Michael Johnson: Survival of the Fastest (2012x27)

Air date: Jun 28, 2012

The four-time Olympic gold medallist embarks on a personal journey in a bid to understand whether a possible link between the transatlantic slave trade and genetic selection may be a factor in the continuing success of African-American and Caribbean athletes at top-flight events. He also explores the appalling crimes carried out on slave ships and plantation owners' barbaric breeding programmes.