Tucker's Luck Documentary (2011)

Tucker's Luck is a humorous and inspirational real-life fairy tale. Comedienne and Prince's Trust ambassador Sadie Kaye sponsors and mentors a disadvantaged Geordie lad (Luke Tucker) with Aspergers to train as an apprentice horse whisperer with Monty Roberts in California. Besides Monty, who inspired the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, the series features an array of charismatic legends from the horse world, including polo champion Carlos Gracida and Spanish horse whisperer Susannah Gilmore. Track Lucky Luke's incredible rise from deprived, unemployed, directionless urban-dweller to acclaimed international horse whisperer and record-breaker over just two years. The series was broadcast on Sky TV in 2011 and 2012. Music by the Peppermint Apes.