Drive Time Sports

Excitement is in the air as the 2007 Formula 1 season gets underway. As Lewis Hamilton makes his record-breaking debut, a customer in a photocopy shop in sleepy Surrey comes in to copy a package of documents that will change Formula 1 forever. This is the story of the 2007 season, a backdrop for a story of power, sabotage, spying, and toxic rivalry narrated by Pete Tong.

The gripping story of Sepp Blatter’s spectacular rise and fall from power. Over ten thrilling episodes, David Morrissey tells the story of the man who ran world football and led FIFA in an era of endemic corruption and controversy, from cash in brown envelopes at a Caribbean hotel to the awarding of the Qatar World Cup, mired in allegations of impropriety and vote buying. New episodes weekly from Nov 15th.

Why do sportsmen and women cheat? Because they are human. But when is cheating just sporting gamesmanship or plain fraud? The Real Science of Sport Podcast looks into some of the most elaborate cheating scandals in history, how they did it and how some of them (almost!) got away with it.

Sports Specials Podcast and guests celebrate some of the biggest sporting moments of the past decade including the glorious summer day at Lord’s as England lifted the Cricket World Cup, Andy Murray ending that 77-year wait for a British male to win Wimbledon and arguably the greatest comeback of all, the Miracle of Medinah.

This is an inspirational meeting of two racing drivers who face adversity head on as Billy Monger travels to Rome to meet his inspiration and Italian legend Alex Zanardi. A truly personal meeting where the veteran and young man share life experiences: talk candidly about the events that changed their lives; the adversity they have overcome and their mental and physical journeys: the operations and the treatments; the present and the future. BBC 5 Live Sports Special.

The Passing Shot Podcast looks back on the historic tennis rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in conversation with the host of the Sports Wars podcast, Dan Rubenstein, who has researched and documented their rivalry from the very beginning.

In the nineteenth century a quarter of the world’s habitable countries were part of the British Empire and if trade was the driving force behind it’s expansion, sport was the glue that helped keep it together. Clare Balding explains how sport became a way of transmitting British values around the globe; it was a connection to the mother country and a means of educating the Empire’s native subjects.

Nicholas Stern, Matthew Parris and sports journalist and boxing commentator Ronald McIntosh discuss the life of Muhammad Ali. Not only does Stern admire Ali’s prowess in the ring, but more so his fearless stance against the Vietnam War which cost him dearly both personally and professionally. Ali’s humanitarian work in later life has also been a huge source of inspiration to him.

The Headliners Podcast discusses the legacy, impact and reaction to NBA legend Michael Jordan in the wake of Netflix’s smash hit documentary series The Last Dance.

Listen to the story of British middle-distance athlete and neurologist, Roger Bannister, who was the first athlete to run the first sub-4-minute mile.