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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Clare Balding visits Rugby School, which can claim to be the birth place of the modern Olympic games. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Clare Balding charts how the British shaped sport and vice versa. Unlike the French, was it our socially bonding love of cricket that prevented a revolution? Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Clare Balding explores the importance of boxing for the 19th-century alpha male. With no gloves or armour, pugilism was pure, painful and deeply patriotic. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Sport and gambling are inextricably linked, especially when it comes to horse racing. Clare Balding continues her exploration sport in Britain. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Clare Balding visits Rugby School to learn why the role sport played turned its pupils into men fit to run the empire. Show more
An exploration of the hymn by Henry Francis Lyte, based on Psalm 103, sung at national events and times of sadness. From February 2010. Show more
An exploration of personal and professional impact of the concerto written in 1844. With violinist Daniel Hope. From 2010. Show more
An exploration of what Bach’s harpsichord piece from the 1740s Goldberg Variations means to different people now. From 2010. Show more
Exploring what Henry Purcell's aria, from his 17th century opera Dido and Aeneas, means to different people. From March 2010. Show more
