And quite how I missed this documentary on Beryl Burton hosted by the wonderful Maxine Peake, I will never know. Maxine regularly renews my belief in the human race and she's from Bolton too!
BERYL BURTON WAS AN ENGLISH RACING CYCLIST AND ONE OF BRITAIN’S GREATEST EVER ATHLETES DURING THE 50S, 60S, 70S AND 80S. SHE DOMINATED WOMEN’S CYCLE RACING IN THE UK, BEST BRITISH ALL ROUNDER FOR 25 SUCCESSIVE YEARS AND TWICE WORLD COMPETITION HOLDER AT 3000 METRES. NOW A DOCUDRAMA HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HER FOR RADIO FOUR BY THE ACTRESS MAXINE PEAKE, IT IS THE FIRST DRAMA THAT MAXINE HAS WRITTEN AND SHE ALSO PLAYS THE CHARACTER OF BERYL. IT IS CALLED “BERYL: A LOVE STORY ON TWO WHEELS” AND WILL BE ON RADIO FOUR ON TUESDAY, 27TH NOVEMBER AT 2.15PM. MAXINE IS JOINED BY CHARLIE BURTON, BERYL’S HUSBAND, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT CYCLIST AND THE NEW DOCUDRAMA.
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