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Sport and the British: Omnibus

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How the North/South divide, racism, feminism and classism played out on the sports field.

Clare Balding explores how the North/South divide, racism, feminism and classism were played out on the sports field.

The omnibus of this weeks Sport and the British with Clare Balding as she continues her exploration of how Britain made sport and sport made Britain. This week the series discovers how the North/South divide, racism, feminism, classism were played out on the sports field. Clare reveals the impact of the split between rugby union and league, the power packed punch of the immigrant boxer fighting for the right to be British and who was allowed to have a bit of a flutter and who wasn't. She looks at the invention of the weekend and the emergence of the middle class which led to an explosion in the genteel sports of tennis and golf. 
Producer: Garth Brameld.

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Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport

Clare Balding presents a series charting how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport

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