{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/6814bca9f7d552efdce1e0c7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sir Geoffrey Boycott on cancer, cricket and why Britain is broken ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1746189256543-34cde804-1bfd-4dfa-9b1a-0e9ab860acaa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Cricket legend Sir Geoffrey Boycott is one of the world's most famous sportsmen. The England test batsman was the man who could defend against the very best fast bowlers, score plenty of runs and give England a chance.</p><p><br></p><p>Theresa May once described him as her political hero; gritty, digging in and getting the runs in the end. But last year he discovered his throat cancer, which he first battled in 2002, had come back, undergoing a three-hour operation to remove the cancerous tissue.</p><p><br></p><p>In this special episode of The Daily T, Geoffrey Boycott joins Kamal and Telegraph Chief Cricket Correspondent Nick Hoult to discuss pontificating politicians, showman sportsmen and why he's 'absolutely sympathetic' to Esther Rantzen's arguments for assisted dying.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read: </strong>Sir Geoffrey Boycott: After everything I’ve been through, I wouldn’t be against assisted dying, by Oliver Brown: <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/05/03/geoffrey-boycott-politics-farage-starmer-cancer-nhs-health/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/05/03/geoffrey-boycott-politics-farage-starmer-cancer-nhs-health/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Senior Producer: John Cadigan</p><p>Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey</p><p>Executive Producer: Louisa Wells</p><p>Social Media Producer: Rachel Duffy</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p>Video Editor: Andy Mackenize</p><p>Original music by Goss Studio</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}