Sporting Witness Podcast
Eye-witness accounts from sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped sport through the eyes of the people who were there.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You鈥檒l hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded.
Recent episodes explore the forgotten football Women鈥檚 World Cup, the plasterer who fought a boxing legend, international football鈥檚 biggest ever beating and the man who swam the Amazon river. We look at the lives of some of the most famous F1 drivers, tennis players and athletes as well as people who鈥檝e had ground-breaking impact in their chosen sporting field, including: the most decorated Paralympian, the woman who was the number 1 squash player in the world for nine years, and the first figure skater to wear a hijab. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the tennis player who escaped the Nazis, how a man finally beat a horse in a race, and how the FIFA computer game was created.
Episodes to download
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FA Cup Giantkillers
Fri 6 Jan 2012
How tiny Hereford United won one of the greatest FA cup ties of all time in 1972.
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The "Cotswold Olimpicks" of 1612
Fri 30 Dec 2011
How British Olympic history started 400 years ago with the games held in the Cotswolds.
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Ron Clarke's Heart Stops at the Mexico Olympics
Fri 16 Dec 2011
Altitude sickness caused 10,000m race favourite to collapse at the finishing line in 1968
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Lady Swimmers of the 1920s
Fri 9 Dec 2011
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm
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Summit Series Ice Hockey - Canada vs USSR 1972
Fri 2 Dec 2011
How Canada beat the Soviet Union to win one of the biggest ice hockey games of all time.
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Princess Anne at the 1976 Olympics
Fri 25 Nov 2011
The Princess talks about being part of the British eventing team at the Montreal Olympics
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Precious McKenzie - South African Weight-lifter
Fri 18 Nov 2011
How he escaped apartheid South Africa and achieved international success
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Ping Pong Diplomacy
Fri 11 Nov 2011
How table tennis helped bridge the divide between the US and Maoist China in 1971.
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Duncan Goodhew and the Moscow Olympic boycott
Fri 4 Nov 2011
How the 1980 Moscow Olympics created a moral dilemma for British swimmer, Duncan Goodhew.
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Rumble in the Jungle
Sat 29 Oct 2011
In October 1974 one of the greatest boxing matches of all time took place in Zaire.
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Rugby World Cup Unites South Africa
Sat 22 Oct 2011
How the 1995 Rugby World Cup helped unite the new South Africa.
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Boston Red Sox win World Series at last
Sat 15 Oct 2011
How the Boston Red Sox finally won the baseball World Series in 2004.
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America's Cup Goes To Australia
Sat 24 Sep 2011
How the Australian yachting team won the America's Cup in 1983.
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Shootings at the Munich Olympics
Sat 17 Sep 2011
Israeli athletes remember the shootings at the Munich Olympics of 1972.
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Jim Thorpe: Native American legend
Sat 10 Sep 2011
The incredible story of the star of the 1912 Olympics
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Sir Clyde Walcott on the West Indies' First Win at Lord's
Sat 27 Aug 2011
A win for the West Indies in 1950 at Lord's made the team a force in international cricket
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Blood in the Water - the 1956 Olympics
Sat 20 Aug 2011
How an Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union turned into a battle
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Alex Ferguson - the early years in management
Sat 13 Aug 2011
How Sir Alex Ferguson made his reputation as a manager at Aberdeen in the 1980s
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Eric Liddell - from Chariots of Fire to World War II
Sat 6 Aug 2011
The extraordinary life of Eric Liddell, the runner featued in the film Chariots of Fire
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Nadia Comaneci and the first 'Perfect 10'
Sat 30 Jul 2011
The Romanian recalls how in 1976 - at 14 - she achieved a perfect score for gymnastics