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Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story

2026 1 season 6 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

23 min

S1 · E1 · Mar 26, 2026

A Rival Episode 1

To be the best one has to beat the best; and when Ben Johnson starts racing in the early 1980s, all the best sprinters are juicing; so Ben did what he had to do and evened the playing field; don't hate the player, hate the game.

7.7 · You

23 min

S1 · E2 · Mar 26, 2026

White Father Episode 2

Charlie Francis uses his failures as a sprinter for Team Canada to motivate a movement; he seeks out black athletes to take Canada to the top; with Charlie's knowhow and Ben's black-thleticism, they changed track forever.

7.8 · You

23 min

S1 · E3 · Apr 2, 2026

The Man with the Plan, Astaphan Episode 3

With the science changing month to month, Charlie and Ben bring in Jamie Astaphan to focus on performance enhancement; Jamie takes the team to new heights, but isn't satisfied with how little credit he's getting.

7.6 · You

23 min

S1 · E4 · Apr 9, 2026

The Race Episode 4

Ben has spent ten years building up to this ten seconds; Ben hits rock bottom when he has to watch Carl Lewis walk away with a prize.

7.6 · You

23 min

S1 · E5 · Apr 16, 2026

Mama's Boy Episode 5

Traveling back to Ben's childhood in Jamaica to see the origins of his drive; his love for his mother, Gloria Johnson, is at the centre of all his decisions.

8.4 · You

23 min

S1 · E6 · Apr 23, 2026

Ben v. Everybody Episode 6

Canada is hurt after Ben test's positive for steroids; Ben is punished for embarrassing them in front of the world; a whole new race takes place to see who hurts Ben the hardest.

8.3 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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“The man. The myth. The scape G. O. A. T.”

Canadian sprinter Johnson's definitely-not-biased account of the doping controversy that rocked the 1988 Olympics when he tested positive for banned steroid use, going from hero to zero in 9.79 seconds in what some called "The Dirtiest Race in History". The series takes a revealing and satirical look at the events surrounding the legendary race and the scandal behind the scandal.

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Anthony Q. Farrell Creator

Creator

Anthony Q. Farrell

Total runtime 2h 18m · Episode length 23 min · Type Miniseries

Show info

Premiered

March 26, 2026

Final episode

April 23, 2026

Status

Ended

Network

GameTV

Country

Canada

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

23 min

Total runtime

2h 18m

Original language

English

Production

N

New Metric Media

Production

B

Bay Mills Studios

Production

Canada

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Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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