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Television

Guiltily compelling: Spector, on Sky Documentaries, reviewed

14 January 2023

9:00 AM

14 January 2023

9:00 AM

Spector

Sky Documentaries

Billion Dollar Downfall: The Dealmaker

BBC2

On 3 February 2003, the emergency services in Los Angeles received a call. ‘I’m Phil Spector’s driver,’ a voice told them. ‘I think my boss killed somebody.’

This was the inevitable yet still extraordinary starting point for Spector – a new four-part documentary on a man who, in the face of fierce competition, might well be the strangest figure in pop history.

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