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On Your Bike: Episode 5: The Open Road

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Martin Ellis catches up with famous early cyclists Edward Elgar and Vaughn Williams.

Martin Ellis catches up with famous early cyclists Edward Elgar and Vaughn Williams. Even Sherlock Holmes took an interest.

Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger all drew inspiration in the saddle along Conan Doyle whose detective Sherlock Holmes could identify a suspect by his tyre tread

Presenter: Martin Ellis

Producer: Simon Evans
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Martin Ellis presents a history of the bicycle

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