Fetch the Smelling Salts
Discussing period dramas from every time period and around the world.
Fetch the Smelling Salts
Chariots of Fire (1981 Movie)
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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