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Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episodes

The Lakeland Games

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1976

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John comes to grips with The Lakeland Games: "They told me the Cumberland and Westmorland style wrestling was due to finish at three o'clock. The Fell Race up and down Butter Crag was fixed for 3.25. So why not enter both?"

The Oxford Bumps

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1976

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John puts his oar in The Oxford Bumps: "When I asked Balliol College if I could row in one of their Eights they warned me I was a bit underweight for an oarsman. But they said they'd see what they could do with me."

The Red Arrows

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1976

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John flies high with The Red Arrows: "I used to be an engine-fitter with the RAF, so I guessed what I was in for. But I hadn't bargained on the Arrows giving me the full treatment, and 16 minutes of aerobatics proved a bit too much."

The Milk Race

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 18, 1976

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John has a spin with The Milk Race: "To take part in a marathon like the Round Britain Cycle Race you've got to be utterly fit - and I wasn't."

Formula 5000

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 4, 1976

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John takes to the pits with Formula 5000: "It wasn't until we got to Oulton Park that one of the other mechanics told me the unwritten law of motor-racing – ‘You can reckon that if nothing goes wrong, you're not trying'. "

The Guernsey Handicap

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 9, 1976

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John sails away to The Guernsey Handicap: ‘It was Bob Fisher who suggested we went to race in the Channel Islands." Great yachting there," he said - "fresh winds, strong tides, lots of nasty rocks and currents and after all it's your boat we're taking ".'

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