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We’re throwing our heads back, flailing our arms and running off for a summer break, but there’s still time for Kim and Alice to discuss the classic ‘Chariots of Fire’. We have Olympic trivia, separate the fact from fiction and discuss all manner of dongs.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton

Sources

• Documentary: Dir. Adrian Sibley; 'The Real Chariots of Fire'; ITV (2012)
• Article: Nathalie Morris; 'The book that inspired Chariots of Fire'; bfi.org; July 2012
• Article: Rose Staveley-Wadham; 'Exploring the Real 'Chariots of Fire' - As Reported in Our Newspapers'; britishnewspaperarchive.com; July 2021
• Article: Jeffrey Richards; 'Chariots of Fire'; historytoday.com; August 2012
• Article: Philip Barker; '40 Years of Chariots of Fire'; International Society of Olympic Historians (isoh,org); 2021

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