Radio bike

Hardcore cycling safety enthusiasts can check out this two hour Radio 5 programme hosted by James Cracknell.
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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BBC RADIO 4 - WOMAN’S HOUR, MAXINE PEAKE ON BERYL BURTON

Radio documentary tonight: drugs in cycling

Rather sad that in a year of massive success for cycling in the UK that the BBC is airing a two hour documentary on drugs in cycling.  But, it could be read as a sign of increased interest from the media in the sport.
Either way, it should make for fascinating listening.

BBC Radio 5 live Sport will look at the Lance Armstrong saga in a special programme on Monday at 19:00 BST. "Peddlers: Cycling's Dirty Truth" 

Mark Chapman presents a special programme focusing on drugs in cycling through the Lance Armstrong era.

Hear from one of Armstrong's former team mates, Tyler Hamilton, as well as interviews with Dick Pound, the former head of WADA and Emma O'Reilly, Armstrong's former masseuse. Plus British cyclist David Millar who was banned for two years after admitting taking performance enhancing drugs and Christophe Basson, a French cyclist who was driven out of the sport by Armstrong and other riders after he spoke out against drugs.