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Richard Bacon: 17/10/2012

17/10/2012

BBC Radio 5 Live - Richard Bacon, 17/10/2012

With Phil Williams. Michael Palin, football racism, Lance Armstrong, US election debate.

Phil Williams presents. Michael Palin on Brazil, Elvis, Jimmy Savile and Monty Python. Blind man tasered by police. Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike. England football preview.

Phil Williams presents. After quarter of a century of travelling all around the globe, Michael Palin chats about his experiences criss-crossing Brazil, one of the world's largest countries - and recalls the day he appeared alongside Jimmy Savile on an episode of Parkinson.

A blind Lancashire man who was struck with a 50,000 volt taser gun by police officers who mistook his white stick for a Samurai sword during a night out in Chorley describes his terrifying ordeal.

A FIFA match commissioner gives Phil his verdict on the confusion surrounding the postponement of England's World Cup qualifier with Poland after torrential rain in Warsaw, and the Sports Minister calls on UEFA to issue tough sanctions against the Serbian FA after racist chanting and scuffles mars the England U-21 team's victory in Serbia

Nike calls time on its sponsorship of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong over allegations of doping; and MSNBC politics show host Krystal Ball & political strategist Jon McHenry discuss the outcome of last night's second of three debates between Barack Obama & Mitt Romney in the run-up to November's US presidential election.

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