Racing Legends

~Mike~ · 27 Dec 2012 at 18:51

Just noticed this New Series starting Tonight BBC Two 8pm

Tonight is Stirling Moss. Episode 1 of 3

Hollywood actor Sir Patrick Stewart tells the enthralling story of Sir Stirling Moss's glittering race career. The pair travel to Florence in a classic Gull Wing Mercedes to retrace the route of Italy's most famous road race, the Mille Miglia, and discuss how Stirling's near-fatal crash may have been the best thing that ever happened to him. Yet how will Sir Patrick cope with the raw power of the era when he drives a 1957 Formula 1 car at the scene of Stirling's historic British Grand Prix victory?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pm87p

~Mike~ · 27 Dec 2012 at 21:06

Enjoyed watching that. Remarkable man and racing driver.

Tomorrow night is Jackie Stewart.

~Mike~ · 28 Dec 2012 at 21:25

steve45 said:
Just finished watching the Jackie Stewart Episode, another cracking show, very emotional.

i did a bit of searching to find out when its on, the best answer i can find is it will be on "soon" Apparently there are some on going legal issues(no info on what these are though).
very frustrating! The McRae episode was the one i was most looking forward to

Very much enjoyed this again tonight. Great little series.

It's annoying not knowing when the last episode will be shown.

~Mike~ · 17 Jan 2013 at 10:50

^ Thanks, I looked the other day and no mention of when it was going to be on. I wonder what the 'legal issues' were?

~Mike~ · 27 Jan 2013 at 17:52

Just a reminder that the Colin McRae episode in on BBC Two & BBC HD tonight at 10pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pqd7t

Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy tells the story of Britain's first-ever World Rally Champion, Colin McRae. Along with Colin's father, Jimmy, himself a five-time British Rally Champion, Sir Chris visits the scenes of Colin's greatest rally driving triumphs.

From exploring Colin's roots as a Scottish trials bikes champ to driving the route of the Dakar rally over the dunes of the Sahara desert, Sir Chris will re-live McRae's career and be trained to drive sideways by another big fan - American Rally Superstar Ken Block. Sir Hoy's final challenge will be to swap his push bike for a monster Subaru Impreza world rally car on a rough and ready stage of the RAC Rally, the home of Colin's famous 1995 victory.

~Mike~ · 28 Jan 2013 at 09:17

Enjoyed that last night. Much better than I thought it was going to be. Hoy actually impressed me with his driving.

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Agree, was a great show!
A shame there aren't more episodes left!

This, more episodes would have been nice.