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Inside The TourEpisode 11: A Live BonusDescription: A special ‘Inside the Tour' online event, in partnership with the MyName5Doddie Foundation. In this bonus podcast episode we tie the threads from those epic days of 1997 with the current 2021 British and Irish Lions Tour, in the company of an unparalleled panel of rugby royalty. Ahead of the pivotal Second Test in Cape Town, we bring together four legendary Lions to reflect on that famous tour 24 years ago and run the rule over Warren Gatland’s current crop attempting to topple the Springboks in South Africa."Guest list:Doddie Weir OBE...
2021-07-311h 05Inside The TourEpisode 10: The 'My Name Is Doddie' SpecialDescription: The series closes with a special tribute to one of the most popular figures on that tour; Scotland and Lions lock forward Doddie Weir. Details: After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Doddie has devoted his life to helping others; raising millions of pounds for research into the incurable condition and support for sufferers, while staying unfailingly positive and upbeat. He inspires everyone he encounters. This is our thanks to you, Doddie Weir. Featuring Doddie Weir and John Bentley.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by...
2021-07-2134 minInside The TourEpisode 9: The Second TestDescription: The Great Gibbs Collision and Celebratory Duvets. Details: A week later, in Durban, after Greenwood's near-death experience in midweek, the Lions know Springbok retaliation is on the cards. Three tries to zero; this was a home banker. Wasn't it? It came down to the final minutes... Featuring Jeremy Guscott, Scott Gibbs and Neil Jenkins.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.
2021-07-1734 minInside The TourEpisode 9: The Second TestDescription: The Great Gibbs Collision and Celebratory Duvets. Details: A week later, in Durban, after Greenwood's near-death experience in midweek, the Lions know Springbok retaliation is on the cards. Three tries to zero; this was a home banker. Wasn't it? It came down to the final minutes... Featuring Jeremy Guscott, Scott Gibbs and Neil Jenkins.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.
2021-07-1734 min
Inside The TourEpisode 9: The Lions '97 - The Second TestDescription: The Great Gibbs Collision and Celebratory Duvets.Details: A week later, in Durban, after Greenwood's near-death experience in midweek, the Lions know Springbok retaliation is on the cards. Three tries to zero; this was a home banker. Wasn't it? It came down to the final minutes... Featuring Jeremy Guscott, Scott Gibbs and Neil Jenkins.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original...
2021-07-1736 minInside The TourEpisode 8: The First TestDescription: "Get Up! You bald, fat f**k!" Details: Finally, the Lions arrive in Cape Town for the 1st Test Match. They devise a devastating strategy; to take on the mighty Springboks upfront. The mechanics of the scrum are dissected as the Lions seek the lead in the series... Featuring Scott Gibbs, Matt Dawson and Keith Wood.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer...
2021-07-1431 minInside The TourEpisode 8: The First TestDescription: "Get Up! You bald, fat f**k!" Details: Finally, the Lions arrive in Cape Town for the 1st Test Match. They devise a devastating strategy; to take on the mighty Springboks upfront. The mechanics of the scrum are dissected as the Lions seek the lead in the series... Featuring Scott Gibbs, Matt Dawson and Keith Wood.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer...
2021-07-1431 minInside The TourEpisode 8: The First TestDescription: "Get Up! You bald, fat f**k!" Details: Finally, the Lions arrive in Cape Town for the 1st Test Match. They devise a devastating strategy; to take on the mighty Springboks upfront. The mechanics of the scrum are dissected as the Lions seek the lead in the series... Featuring Scott Gibbs, Matt Dawson and Keith Wood.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer...
2021-07-1431 min
Inside The TourEpisode 8: The Lions '97 - The First TestDescription: "Get Up! You bald, fat f**k!"Details: Finally, the Lions arrive in Cape Town for the 1st Test Match. They devise a devastating strategy; to take on the mighty Springboks upfront. The mechanics of the scrum are dissected as the Lions seek the lead in the series... Featuring Scott Gibbs, Matt Dawson and Keith Wood.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.
2021-07-1433 minInside The TourEpisode 7: The FilmDescription: Dressing Room Drama and the Mystery Camera. Details: As well as the result, the 1997 tour is remembered for the remarkable documentary film "Living with Lions". Its pioneering 'fly-on-the-wall' concept was funded by a fan who cashed in his pension. The cameras are everywhere... Featuring John Bentley, Duncan Humphries and Fred Rees.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.Executive Editor...
2021-07-1031 minInside The TourEpisode 6: The InjuriesDescription: The Doctor's Skill and Waking Up Will. Details: An eight-week rugby tour is hard enough before considering the opponents' size and strength, not to mention opposition brutality. Injuries hit crucial Lions players at different times. At one stage, it's a matter of life and death... Featuring Dr James Robson, Will Greenwood and Doddie WeirCredits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.
2021-07-0731 minInside The TourEpisode 5: The CoachesDescription: Sir Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer, reunited. Details: In an extraordinary reunion, the Lions' dynamic coaching double act stoke each other's memories of this epic tour. Sir Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer set a gold-standard for man management with techniques used to this day; not just in Rugby but across sport and business.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.Executive Producer: Liam Thompson....
2021-07-0341 minInside The TourEpisode 4: The MidweekersEpisode Four Title: The Midweekers.Description: The Dirt-Track Guy and his Wonder-Try.Details: The uniqueness of a Lions tour is the schedule; midweek/Saturday, midweek/Saturday. The team you're on is a major clue to whether you're in the test side. It's a delicate process and divisions must be avoided, at all costs. Featuring Neil Jenkins, Will Greenwood and John Bentley. Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound...
2021-06-3030 minInside The TourEpisode 3: The TrainingEpisode 3 Title: The Training.Description: Brutal Machines and Goal-kicking DreamsDetail: After the brainstorms, team-building and pub trips, the Lions hit the training fields to prepare for the challenge of a lifetime. After all, a strategy to conquer the World Champions was required. And for the pack, that meant brutal hard work. Featuring Keith Wood, Matt Dawson and Rob Wainwright.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.Original music and sound...
2021-06-2631 minInside The TourInside The Tour; The Lions of '97 - Episode 2Episode TwoTitle: The Bonding.Description: A Lock-In with Lions, Gibbs hacks the Irons.Detail: A motley crew from four different Rugby nations gathered in Weybridge; bolters, chancers, talents and troublemakers. They bonded over assault courses and trips to the pub. This is the story of how a disparate group became a band of brothers. Featuring Matt Dawson, Doddie Weir and Fran Cotton. Contains swearing.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Overend.Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.
2021-06-2331 minInside The TourInside The Tour; The Lions of '97 - Episode 1Episode OneTitle: The Selection.Description: Money's got Stash, Healey wants Cash.In the days before prevalent mobile phones, tour call-ups were made by snail-mail. Stand by for some hilarious stories of how the '97 Lions heard about selection. Then, on meeting their fellow tourists at the team hotel in Weybridge, there were strangers to meet, ’stash’ to collect and a random film crew nobody knew anything about... Featuring Austin Healey, Will Greenwood and John Bentley. Contains swearing.Credits:Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.Written by Jonathan Over...
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Running on EmotionEP12 - Carl Froch on AngerCarl is a four time super middleweight world boxing champion, whose glittering 13 year professional career included 33 wins and just two defeats. As an all-action fighter, each time he stepped inside the ropes he had to channel his emotions and instincts into controlled, educated aggression. Growing up in Nottingham, Carl enjoyed an early introduction to boxing through his father, and to the wilder side of fighting in the pubs that his mother managed. Disputes with drunken, aggressive regulars often had to be settled in clinical, decisive fashion. Of all his opponents, none riled him so much as his greatest rival George...
2021-06-1450 minInside The TourInside The Tour Trail - The Lions 1997The inside story of The British and Irish Lions on their most famous tour; to South Africa in 1997.The British and Irish Lions' tour to South Africa in 1997 has gone down in sporting folklore. With few giving them a chance, a disparate group of characters bonded into a band of brothers to upset the reigning World Champions, inspired by a coaching team seen by many in rugby as the greatest of all time. This is the inside story of that tour; told by those who were there.VoicesPresented by Alastair Eykyn....
2021-06-0901 minRunning on EmotionEP11 - Amy Williams on VulnerabilityAmy is celebrated as one of Britain’s most famous Winter Olympians. She literally shot to prominence in 2010 in Vancouver, where she won Gold in the women's skeleton. It was Britain's first gold medal in an individual event of the Winter Games for 30 years, and the first by a British woman for a staggering 58 years. In that event, she broke the track record twice and she finished more than half a second ahead of her rivals - a huge margin, in a sport where winners are generally separated by hundredths of a second. Few are better placed to describe the ph...
2021-06-0744 minRunning on EmotionEP10 - Stuart Pearce on DespairStuart has a special place in the hearts of English sports fans. A one-time electrician, playing football for non-league Wealdstone, he rose to prominence under the legendary Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, before spells with Newcastle and Manchester City. Known as “Psycho” for his emotion, his passion and his unforgiving style on the pitch, he won 78 caps for England, and is perhaps best remembered for his contrasting penalties at two major Championships: The overwhelming despair of the now legendary World Cup semi-final of 1990, and the subsequent joy of the shoot-out in England’s exhilarating quarter-final at Euro ’96. .........................................Running...
2021-05-3146 minRunning on EmotionEP9 - Martin Offiah on CourageMartin was arguably the greatest rugby league player of his generation, and amongst those of any generation. A showman, he collected 20 Cup winning medals across a glittering career that featured an eye-watering 501 tries, many of them mesmerising in their brilliance, and courageous in their conception. He was dazzlingly fast, beautifully balanced, strong in contact and possessed a rare gift for finding the try line. Displaying the courage to be different in his approach, and to overcome horrific racial abuse, Martin was an integral part of the all-conquering Wigan team of the ’80s and ’90s, and scored 26 tries in his 33 appearances for...
2021-05-2445 minRunning on EmotionEP8 - Dame Katherine Grainger on DefianceKatherine is Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympian. The ultimate high-flyer, now chairman of UK Sport, Katherine's remarkable sporting ability led her to no fewer than 5 Olympic medals, spanning 5 separate Games. As a student rower, she was banished to the ignominy of the University’s 5th boat, at the outset of her sporting journey. In defiance of expectation, she rose through the ranks to achieve sporting immortality on the water. Defiance played a significant role in seeing her through the extreme physical demands of her sport, the perils of early morning training in all weathers, and particularly in her rele...
2021-05-1744 minRunning on EmotionEP7 - Dylan Hartley on HungerThroughout a 16 year professional career in rugby union, Dylan pushed his body and mind right to the limits, and sometimes even a little beyond. His is a colourful story of scrapes with the authorities, and brushes with greatness as a leader of men and winner of trophies. He left his native New Zealand at the age of just 16, with a hunger and a drive that led to successful spells with first Worcester and then Northampton. His abrasive, unflinching style quickly led him to international rugby, where his hunger caught the eye of the inspirational, but famously tough taskmaster (and current...
2021-05-1051 minRunning on EmotionEP6 - Sir Andrew Strauss on TrustAndrew is amongst the most successful and lauded England cricket captains of all time, and one of only three men to lead his country to Ashes Test series wins both home, and away. From a starting position of some disarray, his ability to engender trust and confidence in his England team led them all the way to the world number one ranking. The trust in his technique and ability saw him play 100 Test matches, and amass more than 7000 Test runs with a batting average of more than 40, including 21 centuries. His spell as captain coincided with the managerial stint of Andy...
2021-05-0350 minRunning on EmotionEP5 - Annabel Croft on FearAnnabel is one of Britain’s best loved tennis presenters, and a former British Number One who carried all before her as a junior player. At the age of 18, she won the Junior titles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and she reached the 3rd round of the main draw at SW19 in the same year. She was considered to be the brightest of British tennis prospects, reaching a career high world ranking of 24. Annabel quit tennis at the age of just 21, at times crippled by fear on court. She describes moments of hyper-ventilation during matches and of a me...
2021-04-2643 minRunning on EmotionEP5 - Annabel Croft on FearAnnabel is one of Britain’s best loved tennis presenters, and a former British Number One who carried all before her as a junior player. At the age of 18, she won the Junior titles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and she reached the 3rd round of the main draw at SW19 in the same year. She was considered to be the brightest of British tennis prospects, reaching a career high world ranking of 24. Annabel quit tennis at the age of just 21, at times crippled by fear on court. She describes moments of hyper-ventilation during matches and of a me...
2021-04-2643 minRunning on EmotionEP4 - David Weir on JoyDavid is one of Britain’s most decorated Paralympic athletes, becoming a household name in the glorious sporting summer of 2012. He was born with a spinal cord transection, meaning he has no movement in the lower half of his body. His early years were enormously challenging, but through a combination of God-given talent, and an unbending will, he rose through the sporting ranks to experience the joy of an extraordinary eight London Marathon victories, as a wheelchair racer, and no fewer than six Paralympic Gold medals, to go with his two silvers and two bronze. Four of those Gold medals ca...
2021-04-1949 minRunning on EmotionEP3 - Joe Root on ClarityJoe is England’s current Test cricket captain and is just a couple of victories away from being the most successful skipper the country has ever had. So talented, driven and clear-thinking was he as a youngster that he played senior club cricket at the age of just 12. Happily he has managed to retain his deep, infectious love for the game as he continues to lead his country. With more than 8000 Test runs at an average of 48, and 18 Test centuries, he is firmly established amongst the elite batsmen of the game, and has held the Number 1 world ranking. Clarity of pu...
2021-04-1239 minRunning on EmotionEP2 - Maddie Hinch on AnticipationMaddie is one of Britain’s most celebrated Olympians. As an all-action hockey goalkeeper, her dynamic style has to some degree changed the way her position is regarded. In 2016 in Rio, she helped her GB team to a momentous Olympic Gold medal with victory over the previously all-conquering Dutch. With the help of extensive preparation and fine-tuning, the quality of her anticipation was such that she saved each of the Dutch penalty shuffles in the final “shoot out”, that ultimately led to GB’s dramatic, ground-breaking victory. Very few athletes would have experienced the pressure and the scrutiny that she was unde...
2021-04-0546 minRunning on EmotionEP1 - Lawrence Dallaglio on PrideAs a Rugby World Cup winner with England, Lawrence is one of the sport's most decorated characters. His story is a colourful one, and his early years were shaped to a large extent by the tragic loss of his sister Francesca in the Marchioness river boat disaster on the Thames. It became his driving force, and the source of much pride to him, to honour her memory with his performances on the pitch. A fiercely proud family man and patriot who used emotion and passion to fuel his rugby like few others, Lawrence enjoyed enormous success on the field with...
2021-03-2943 minRunning on EmotionTrailer: Running on EmotionThose of us that love sport, live it and breathe it. We feel it. It reaches deep down into our body and soul, and elicits every emotion imaginable: from despair to elation, from vulnerability to anger. Whether we’re playing sport, coaching it, watching it, listening to it, or reading about it, our emotions drive our every response and relentlessly keep us coming back for more.This is a podcast by Alastair Eykyn, that explores twelve key emotions with some stellar sporting names, and uncovers just how those feelings affected their careers, both as a motivation, and as a...
2021-02-2200 min
The Contact Book with Craig DoyleEP8 - Keith WoodIn this episode of The Contact Book, "The Raging Potato” AKA Irish rugby player Keith Wood hands over his phone to Craig who calls upon an all-star list to join in with the conversation. Wood and his Lions' Captain Martin Johnson dissect that history-making Lions winning test series against the Springboks in 1997 in what Craig describes simply as “Rugby Porn”! His Ireland teammate David Wallace gives the inside story on Woody as Ireland captain. Ugo Moyne explains how he and Keith struck up a long-lasting bromance and reveals who has the biggest balls in rugby. Other shocking secrets that emerge includ...
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