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Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion

William Naylor

Francis Welch

Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion: Episode 1

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The 50s saw Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn take on the great Argentinian driver, Fangio.

Series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing. In the 1950s, Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn took on the dominance of the great Argentinian driver, Juan Manuel Fangio.

The glory days of British motor racing are celebrated in this sleek archive series, which buffs up some of the BBC's most memorable coverage from the sport's earliest days. The opening programme concentrates on the 1950s, when British drivers Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn took on the dominance of the great Argentinian driver, Fangio - all presided over by the chummy commentating presence of Raymond Baxter, fresh from a fight of his own as a Spitfire pilot in World War II. From track to paddock to a changing Britain beyond, and driven by a powerful period soundtrack, this is Formula One's 'Rock 'n' Roll Years'.

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Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing

Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing, buffing up some of the BBC's most memorable coverage from the sport's earliest days.

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