The Elon Musk Show: BBC2’s portrait of a disturbingly boyish billionaire

New three-part documentary sheds a light on how Musk became the world’s richest man

Elon Musk and his mother, Maye
Elon Musk and his mother, Maye, attend the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit on 2 May 2022 in New York City
(Image credit: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Elon Musk “a visionary, an eccentric, or something more dangerous?” BBC2’s new three-part documentary doesn’t draw any firm conclusions, said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph – but it does shed light on how he became the world’s richest man.

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