The One and Only Michael Jackson
90 special for ITV1 - 2003 (broadcast 2006)

2004 Worldfest Houston - Platinum Award
2004 International Film & Video Festival - Gold Camera

Following the not-guilty verdict in the three-month child abuse trial, Michael Jackson is said to be looking forward to rebuilding his career. With the controversies surrounding the trial behind him and his name cleared once again, Michael Jackson remains one of the greatest pop stars of all time.

This definitive film charts his career, focusing on what made him famous – his music, his dancing, his genius for concept creation. Fast-paced and packed with his greatest tracks, fabulous footage, video clips and stills, it includes specially – recorded interviews with his mother, Katherine, his sister La Toya, his brother Jermaine, and with friends and associates : Gladys Knight , Smokey Robinson and Liza Minnelli among them. The film also contains exclusive, previously unseen interview material reflecting the outcome of the trial.

From his childhood in Indiana, through being a star at a very early age as one of the Jackson Five, to going solo and becoming a pop icon, this programme tells Michael Jackson's story right up to the present day. What you hear and what you see proves his musical genius. The sheer immensity of his success, that clearly made it impossible for him to have a normal life, can be understood through the roll call of his achievements. He was the first artist to win eight Grammy Awards in one night, the first black singer on MTV, his Thriller video changed the pop industry's whole approach to the medium. Thriller is still the world's top-selling album of all time and The Making of Thriller the biggest -selling home video. Michael Jackson is a phenomenon. He has experimented almost limitlessly to get unique sounds and has pushed the boundaries of tour and video concepts as far as he can. He became the first 'brand' in the record industry – the greatest brand ever. Among the contributors to the film are Suzanne de Passe, who first discovered the Jackson Five and persuaded Berry Gordy to sign them for Motown; Michael Boddicker , Michael ' s keyboard player ; Steve Barron, his video director; Jim Morey, his ex-manager; tour manager Paul Gongaware; record producer Pete Waterman; and journalists Bomani Jones and Richard Wallace.