Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20120203 | Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport. |
| 02 | 20120210 | Clare Balding discovers that the freedoms Victorian public school girls found on the sports field were a precursor to the political and social freedoms that would change British society forever. She visits Cheltenham Ladies College, founded in 1854. Headmistress, Dorothea Beale's vision for her girls was nothing short of a quiet revolution. Pupils began to do gymnastics, swimming and later, hockey and netball allowing them a physical freedom that previous generations had never known. Readers, Sean Baker, Jo Munro and Jane Lawrence Producer: Sara Conkey. Clare discovers the freedom that Victorian public school girls found on the sports field. Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport |
| 03 | 20120217 | The omnibus of this weeks Sport and the British with Clare Balding as she continues her exploration of how Britain made sport and sport made Britain. This week the series discovers how the North/South divide, racism, feminism, classism were played out on the sports field. Clare reveals the impact of the split between rugby union and league, the power packed punch of the immigrant boxer fighting for the right to be British and who was allowed to have a bit of a flutter and who wasn't. She looks at the invention of the weekend and the emergence of the middle class which led to an explosion in the genteel sports of tennis and golf. Producer: Garth Brameld. How the North/South divide, racism, feminism and classism played out on the sports field. Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport |
| 04 | 20120224 | This week in Sport and the British Clare Balding's been exploring how sport has been used for centuries to define national identity, to unite and promote Scottish football, Welsh rugby union, English cricket and Irish Hurling. Clare Balding makes a tour round the Uk to look at why we play the games we do. Producer: Lucy Lunt. Exploring how sport has been used for centuries to define national identity. Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport |
| 05 | 20120302 | The omnibus edition of this weeks Sport and the British with Clare Balding. Sport was reaching out through the airwaves to a whole new audience. It was increasing in popularity, growing up and leaving home. In some cases, this meant progress - innovation in motor sport or egalitarianism in cricket but in others, like football, it meant a painful loss of control to FIFA. Technical Presentation: John Benton Producer: Lucy Lunt Executive Producer: Ian Bent. Clare explores how sport was reaching out through the airwaves to a whole new audience. Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport |
| 06 | 20120309 | Clare looks forward to what increased globalisation will mean to the future of sport. Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport |