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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
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for over a year
Clare Balding visits Rugby School to learn why the role sport played turned its pupils into men fit to run the empire. Show more
