Sports, Games, Recreation

Last Edited: 03-Oct-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
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Sport and the British
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
26-Dec-1995 to
29-Dec-1995

It's Your Go!
  1. Scrabble
  2. Monopoly
  3. Happy Families
  4. Trivial Pursuit
Producer Sylvia Horn
4 files
57:26, 78.8 MB, S
23-Dec-1997
Toy Stories
Jeremy Hardy
Producer: Nick Minter
38:38, 54351, S
27-Mar-2004
The World's Most Difficult Puzzle
Alan Dein
Producer: Matthew Dodd
28:12, 26446, S
30-Apr-2004
Six Men and Four Minutes
Charlie Brooks, Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher,
Chris Chataway, Alan Gordon, George Dole
Producer: Vernee Samuel
28:05, 26343, S
31-Jul-2004
R7:
06-Jan-2011
Grasshead Racers
Murray Walker explores lawnmower racing
Murray Walker
produced by Julian May
27:36, 25890, S
13-Aug-2004
Red Games
Mark Whitaker
Producer: Mark Whitaker
28:23, 26618, S
05-Nov-2004
The Mille Miglia - a Stirling Effort
Stirling Moss, Jonathan Legard
Producer Jonathan Murphy
28:22, 26595, S
14-Dec-2004 to
11-Jan-2005
Pedalling to Freedom
Lawrence Pollard
Producer: Stephen Hughes
4 files
55:36, 50.9 MB, S
MISSING #3
20-Dec-2004
Wall of Death
Daredevil Mototcycle Ride
Andy Kershaw
27:55, 26180, S
30-Mar-2005
Wrestling for Britain
George Szirtes
Producer: Tim Dee
28:00, 26263, S
11-Apr-2005
The Englishman Who Ran across America
Presenter/Producer: Mark Whitaker
28:23, 26624, S
09-May-2005
First Cut
Mick Williamson, John McDonald
Producers: Mark Burman, Sara Jane Hall
28:08, 26376, S
23-Jun-2005 to
14-Jul-2005
Race Is On, The
Peter White, Ken Livingstone,
Sebastian Coe
Producers Sue Mitchell and Steven Williams
3 files
1:25:13, 78.0 MB, S
02-Jul-2005
Wes Hall Broke My Arm
Garth Crooks
Producers: Chris Green, David Prest
28:10, 26419, S
15-Jul-2005
Jumping Six Foot in a Top Hat
Charlie Brooks
Producer: Vernee Samuel
14:08, 13252, S
25-Aug-2005 to
15-Sep-2005
Olympic Stories
  1. Sigrun Wodars
  2. David Grindley
  3. Raed Ahmed
  4. Fatima Gerashi
Producer: Rebecca Sandles
4 files
54:54, 50.2 MB, S
16-Oct-2005 to
13-Nov-2005
Georgian Giants
William G Stewart
Producer Tom Alban
5 files
1:10:08, 64.2 MB, S
26-Feb-2007 to
28-Feb-2007
Roger Black's Olympic Challenge
Roger Black
Producer: Mark Alden
3 files
1:23:35, 76.5 MB, S
22-Jul-2007
29-Jul-2007
05-Aug-2007
20-Jul-2008
27-Jul-2008
03-Aug-2008
14-Sep-2009
21-Sep-2009
12-Sep-2010
19-Sep-2010
24-Jul-2011
31-Jul-2011
24-Apr-2012
01-May-2012
30-Jul-2012 to
03-Aug-2012
Children of the Olympic Bid
Peter White
Produced by Sue Mitchell
28:21, 26591, S
28:18, 26533, S
28:15, 26498, S
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
LOST
13:46, 12885, S
13:47, 12906, S
13:50, 12961, S
13:51, 12973, S
13:50, 12957, S
12-Jan-2008
R7:
15-Jul-2010
Phil Hammond's Bad Golf Day
Phil Hammond
Produced by John Byrne
27:45, 26017, S
19-Jan-2008
Scrum Down?
John Inverdale
Julian May
28:13, 26466, S
04-Jul-2008
The Medal Makers -- Olympic Judges
Allison Curbishley
27:51, 26116, S
06-Jan-2010
13-Jan-2010
20-Jan-2010
More Than A Game
  1. The Fight
  2. Blood in the Water
  3. The Football War
Anthony King
Produced by Chris Bond
14:02, 13173, S
13:55, 13058, S
13:37, 12780, S
13-May-2010 Why Go? -- The game of Go
Chris Ledgard
 
27:45, 26025, S
24-May-2010 Football Fights Back
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Producer: Richard Bannerman
27:48, 26077, S
07-Jun-2010
Football s Freedom Fighters
Fergal Keane
Producer: Jo Meek
27:50, 26096, S
14-Jun-2010 UK Cycling's Biggest Challenge Yet
Jim White
produced by Kevin Mosley
27:57, 26214, S


02-Jul-2010 to
16-Jul-2010




12-Aug-2011 to
26-Aug-2011



30-Nov-2012 to
14-Dec-2012
Touchline Tales
  1. An Uproar of Butterflies
  2. A Thunder of Hooves, A Babble
    of Bookies
  3. New Balls Please

  4. A Game of Two Halves
  5. Hop, Step and Jump
  6. More Fruitcake?

  7. Just Who's Idea Was This?
  8. We Could Have Been Contenders
  9. Striking Crowns into the Hazard
Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew
Producer:Paul Kobrak

Producer Alice Lloyd, Paul Kobrak

Producer: Paul Kobrak


27:50, 26105, S
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27:45, 25970, S
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27:49, 26027, S


27:27, 25692, S
27:35, 25819, S
27:44, 25949, S
23-Jul-2010 Cache in Pocket -- geocaching;
a technological treasure hunt
Ian Peacock
produced by Sara Langan
27:57, 26217, S
04-Sep-2010 Stock Car Sewell
Brian Sewell
Producer: Caroline Hughes
27:45, 26020, S
12-Oct-2010 The Gizmo Games
Chris Ledgard
Producer: Ali Serle
17:08, 16076, S
missing start
29-Oct-2010 Inside the Cage -- cage fighting
Felicity Finch, Mike Wood
Producer: Jane Ray

27:51, 26120, S
22-Dec-2010 Australian Wanted in Woodhall Spa
Chris Ledgard
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery
27:27, 25742, S
31-Jan-2011 Corporate Karma --
yoga becomes more commercial
Jolyon Jenkins
27:41, 25969, S
07-Feb-2011 to
18-Feb-2011
On Your Bike
Presenter: Martin Ellis
Producer: Simon Evans
10 files
2:!9:04, 127 MB, S
20-May-2011 Roller Girls
Produced by Eleanor McDowall
27:42, 25977, S
25-May-2011
Going on the Gallopers -- Carters Steam Fair
Producer: Julian May
27:35, 25871, S
29-May-2011 FIFA: Football, Power and Politics
David Goldblatt
Producer: Mark Burman
28:00, 26264, S
30-May-2011 Boy Racers
Aasmah Mir
Producer: Tamsin Barber
27:45, 26017, S
18-Jun-2011 Royal Racers and Fascinators
Hardeep Singh Kohli
Producer: Richard Bannerman
27:09, 25455, S
14-Jul-2011 The Sinha Test
Paul Sinha
Ed Morrish
28:01, 32838, S
06-Aug-2011 Ladies of the Links
Rhona Cameron
Producer: Kevin Dawson
27:34, 25797, S
10-Aug-2011 The Sex Test -- eligibility to compete in
female competitions
Chris Ledgard
Produced by John Byrne
27:42, 25921, S
12-Oct-2011 Hook, Line and Singer
Cerys Matthews
Produced by Sarah Cuddon
27:38, 25865, S
27-Jan-2012 No Brakes, No Fear
Michael Lee
Producer: Alan Hall
27:34, 25792, S
28-May-2012 Outfoxed: The Story of Hunting in Britain
Emma Griffin
Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
27:43, 25938, S
07-Jun-2012 Pump Up the Volume
John Wilson
produced by James Cook
27:49, 26014, S
11-Jun-2012 The Taking Part --
1972 Olympic Women's Pentathlon
Tim Franks
produced by Tom Alban
27:47, 26005, S
15-Jun-2012 The Synchro Girls
Katie Derham
Producer: Sarah Cuddon
27:46, 25981, S
04-Jul-2012 The Sad Story of Jim Thorpe
Producer: Mark Whitaker
27:46, 25994, S
16-Jul-2012 Over the Boundary
Kevin Connolly
Producer: Rachel Hooper
27:43, 25940, S
16-Jul-2012 Advantage Home
Matthew Syed
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
27:32, 25764, S
18-Jul-2012 Beyond Bolt: The Human Limits
Jonathan Edwards
produced by Pamela Rutherford
25:44, 24080, S
22-Jul-2012 Securing the Games
Gordon Corera
Producer: Mark Savage
27:41, 25909, S
14-Aug-2012 Game Changer: 20 Years of the Premier League
Jim White
produced by Steve Groves
36:41, 34325, S
25-Aug-2012 In Praise of the Lido
Stephen Smith
Producer: Adele Armstrong
27:48, 26018, S
26-Aug-2012 to
16-Sep-2012
No Triumph, No Tragedy
Margaret Maughan, Peter White
produced by Susan Mitchell
4 files
1:51:06, 101 MB, S
24-Sep-2012 Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Marverine Cole
Producer: Ashley Byrne
27:42, 25931, S
01-Dec-2012 Football's Home Fans
Ian Stone
produced by Chris Ledgard
27:52, 26084, S
24-Mar-2012 Hunt/Lauda Vicki Butler-Henderson
Producer: James Wm. Roberts
27:59, 26227, S
10-Apr-2013
The Thrilla in Manila
John McDonald
Producer: Mark Burman
27:51, 26092, S
30-Apr-2013 to
03-Jan-2014

27-Oct-2014 to
31-Oct-2014
Across the Board
  1. John Healy
  2. Rachel Reeves
  3. Lennox Lewis
  4. Hou Yifan
  5. Natan Sharansky
  6. Magnus Carlsen
  7. Murray Campbell
  8. Sigrid Rausing
  9. Sol Campbell
  10. Demis Hassabis
Dominic Lawson
produced by David Edmonds


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11:51, 11094, S
12:02, 11263, S
11:55, 11158, S
11:59, 11223, S
11:51, 11099, S
26-May-2014 to
30-May-2014
The History of Brazil Is Round
  1. Futebol Nation
  2. Serious Play
  3. Playing the Hardline
  4. Magic and Dreams Are Dead
  5. Chronicle of a Mess Foretold
David Goldblatt
Producer: Mark Burman
5 files
1:08:30, 62.7 MB, S
29-Jun-2014
06-Jul-2014
Blofeld and Baxter: Memories of Test
Match Special

Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter
Producer: Jon Harvey
27:42, 25920, S
27:46, 25986, S