The Olympians

First broadcast from 20080715 to 20080805.

In the run up to the 2008 Games in Beijing, double Olympic gold-medallist Shirley Robertson talks to some of Scotland's Great Olympians and looks at the stories behind their moments of Olympic glory.

 
 
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012008071520080719Shirley meets former swimmer David Wilkie who won silver at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and gold and silver at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
022008072220080726Shirley meets former sprinter Allan Wells who won gold and silver at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
032008072920080802Shirley meets former swimmer Eleanor Gordon who competed in three Olympic Games and won bronze at Helsinki in 1952.
04 LAST2008080520080809Shirley meets rower Katherine Grainger who won silver in 2000 and 2004 and is now bidding for gold in Beijing.