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1908! Live Coverage of the 1908 London Olympic Games
Since there's no Olympics this year and live comedy is illegal, lets go back 112 years for live coverage of the very first London Olympic Games.
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3. The Men's 400m and the Tug of War
24:23It's Day 3 of the Olympic Programme, and we're heading to the stadium for the final of the Men's 400m. Plus fighting between the British and the Americans, an update of the semi-final of the tug of war from the captain of the American team Martin Sheridan, and a visit to the studio from daughter of the President, Alice Roosevelt and her pet snake Emily Spinach.Featuring the exquisite pipes of Michael Stranney and Luke Kempner
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2. The Men's Jeu de Paume Final
15:45It's Day 2 of the Olympic programme, and we're heading to centre court for the Men's Jeu De Paume final. Plus an update on Snowy Baker after an ill-fated party trick and we meet Jay Gould, Eustace Mills and and women's jeu de paume player, Gladys Eastlake-Smith.Featuring the exquisite pipes of Kiell Smith-Bynoe
1. The Opening Ceremony
19:03It's the Opening Ceremony of the 1908 Olympic Games and there's flag controversy, a fight with America, the Russian delegation don't show up and Finland run aground off the coast of Hull. The totally true story of the London Olympics. Featuring the exceptional talents of Josh Berry, and Nathan Foad.
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02:09A brand new podcast! Fitting nicely into that famous Comedy + History + Sport niche, this is 1908! Live Coverage of the 1908 Olympic Games. Very sily but also filled with very intense historical research, which is surely what everyone wants from their summer podcasts.