DAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED, executive produced by Daniel Radcliffe, and directed by Dan Hartley (Lad: A Yorkshire Story), will be available on demand on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW from 18 November.

The film is a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England,  who is  selected  to play Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the first Harry Potter film, when Daniel is just eleven. Over the next ten years, the two form an inextricable bond, but on the penultimate film a tragic accident on set leaves David paralysed with a debilitating spinal injury, turning his world upside down. As Daniel and his closest stunt colleagues rally to support David and his family in their moment of need, it is David’s extraordinary spirit of resilience that becomes their greatest source of strength and inspiration.

Featuring  candid personal footage shot over the last decade,  behind-the-scenes material from  Holmes’ stunt work, scenes of his current life  and  intimate interviews  with  David,  Daniel Radcliffe,  friends, family, and  former crew,  the film also reflects universal themes of living with adversity, growing up, forging identities in an uncertain world, and the  bonds that bind us together  and lift us up.

Sky presents DAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED in association with HBO Documentary Films, a Lightbox / Ripple Production. Directed by Dan Hartley; produced by Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares; executive produced by Daniel Radcliffe, David Holmes, Dan Hartley, Sue Latimer, Sarah Spahovic. For HBO: executive producers Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen. For Sky: executive producer, Poppy Dixon.