Inside The Tour

Description: The Dirt-Track Guy and his Wonder-Try.

Details: The uniqueness of a Lions tour is the schedule; midweek/Saturday, midweek/Saturday. The team you're on is a major clue to whether you're in the test side. It's a delicate process and divisions must be avoided, at all costs. Featuring Neil Jenkins, Will Greenwood and John Bentley.

Credits:

Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.

Written by Jonathan Overend.

Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.

Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.

Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.

Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.

Executive Editor for NinetyFour19: Jonathan Overend.

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Description: Brutal Machines and Goal-kicking Dreams

Detail: After the brainstorms, team-building and pub trips, the Lions hit the training fields to prepare for the challenge of a lifetime. After all, a strategy to conquer the World Champions was required. And for the pack, that meant brutal hard work. Featuring Keith Wood, Matt Dawson and Rob Wainwright.

Credits:

Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.

Written by Jonathan Overend.

Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.

Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.

Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.

Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.

Executive Editor for NinetyFour19: Jonathan Overend.

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Description: A Lock-In with Lions, Gibbs hacks the Irons.

Detail: A motley crew from four different Rugby nations gathered in Weybridge; bolters, chancers, talents and troublemakers. They bonded over assault courses and trips to the pub. This is the story of how a disparate group became a band of brothers. Featuring Matt Dawson, Doddie Weir and Fran Cotton. Contains swearing.

Credits:

Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.

Written by Jonathan Overend.

Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.

Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.

Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.

Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.

Executive Editor for NinetyFour19: Jonathan Overend.

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Description: Money's got Stash, Healey wants Cash.

In the days before prevalent mobile phones, tour call-ups were made by snail-mail. Stand by for some hilarious stories of how the '97 Lions heard about selection. Then, on meeting their fellow tourists at the team hotel in Weybridge, there were strangers to meet, ’stash’ to collect and a random film crew nobody knew anything about...

Featuring Austin Healey, Will Greenwood and John Bentley. Contains swearing.

Credits:

Presented and researched by Alastair Eykyn.

Written by Jonathan Overend.

Produced by Danny Garlick and Mark Sharman.

Additional voices by Kenny Blyth.

Original music and sound design by Lee Sparey.

Executive Producer: Liam Thompson.

Executive Editor for NinetyFour19: Jonathan Overend.

A NinetyFour19 Podcast for Auddy

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The inside story of The British and Irish Lions on their most famous tour; to South Africa in 1997.

The British and Irish Lions' tour to South Africa in 1997 has gone down in sporting folklore. With few giving them a chance, a disparate group of characters bonded into a band of brothers to upset the reigning World Champions, inspired by a coaching team seen by many in rugby as the greatest of all time. This is the inside story of that tour; told by those who were there.

Voices

Presented by Alastair Eykyn.

Featuring: John Bentley, Neil Jenkins, Matt Dawson, Keith Wood, Susan Greenwood, Will Greenwood, Doddie Weir, James Robson, Fran Cotton, Jill Douglas, Jeremy Guscott, Scott Gibbs, Austin Healey, Duncan Humphries, Fred Rees, Rob Wainwright, Jim Telfer and Sir Ian McGeechan.

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