Graeme Obree / BBC iPlayer

mercsport
mercsport Posts: 664
edited January 2012 in Pro race
I wasn't looking for it, just stumbled across it. Have just watched a 30 minute prog' called 'Hard Talk' on the BBC iPlayer: the BBC News Channel, and it was a very good face to face interview with the highly articulate Graeme Obree, one of the very great past masters. I have no idea when it was first aired, but worth a watch.
It's there for the next week if I remember right. Cannot be fagged going back to collect the link as am tapping this out on the 'phone.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _Champion/
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Thanks - If you re a podcast fan, The Obree episode of the Don Logan Podcast is also excellent!
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    It was on TV late last night. Better than the Millar one, though it wasn't much of a 'hard' interview with awkward or searching questions. In the old days they would interview people involved in third world dictatorships. I got the idea the interviewer was a bit of a cycling fan, or at least had warmed to Obree's performance during the interview.
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  • Squaggles
    Squaggles Posts: 875
    What a great interview with one of my cycling heroes , I don't know what he's up to generally but nice to see him speaking so openly and honestly and seeming to be in a much better place
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  • Gazzetta67
    Gazzetta67 Posts: 1,890
    Met him in a bike shop in Glasgow and one of the most down to earth guys you will ever meet. no ego no bull tell you like it is and would never call ex team mates "Dead Wood" take not Mr Wiggins.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Squaggles wrote:
    What a great interview with one of my cycling heroes , I don't know what he's up to generally but nice to see him speaking so openly and honestly and seeming to be in a much better place
    As mentioned in the interview, Graeme has set his target on the human powered vehicle record:
    http://road.cc/content/news/49299-ton-graeme-obree-plans-shatter-human-powered-vehicle-world-land-speed-record
    100mph is the goal!
    His training manual was also released in December and I've heard it's good. Has anyone read it?
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    He always gives a good interview, seems such a genuine and interesting chap... any other books by him apart from his training programme out there???

    Another thing of course covering some of the topics of sports and depression that are talked about in that interview is the Freddie Flintoff programme.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019gbpk/Freddie_Flintoff_Hidden_Side_of_Sport/

    Oh, also, i noticed while watching one of these that the BBC iPlayer volume 'goes to 11', :)
  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    Good watch. Legend.
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  • big_p
    big_p Posts: 565
    i have the utmost respect for mr obree, his impressive achievement's against the odd's make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, i've watched the flying scotsman about 50 times and viewed all of the youtube footage of him i can lay my hands on.

    i'm not the kind of person that suffers from hero worship, but i would love to meet him.
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Always interesting Mr Obree. His interview with Colin Murray on 5 Live some months back was classic! struggling to track it down now for another listen. :)
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    rajMAN wrote:
    Always interesting Mr Obree. His interview with Colin Murray on 5 Live some months back was classic! struggling to track it down now for another listen. :)

    That was one of the best pieces of radio interviewing ever. It made me appreciate that Colin Murray is actually a capable broadcaster as he completely rode rough shod all over his producers to get Obree on for a lot longer. His questionning was relevant to Obree's very good, open and honest answers and it was very engaging. As I said, probably one of the best radio interviews I've ever heard.
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  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    lostboysaint wrote:
    rajMAN wrote:
    Always interesting Mr Obree. His interview with Colin Murray on 5 Live some months back was classic! struggling to track it down now for another listen. :)

    That was one of the best pieces of radio interviewing ever. It made me appreciate that Colin Murray is actually a capable broadcaster as he completely rode rough shod all over his producers to get Obree on for a lot longer. His questionning was relevant to Obree's very good, open and honest answers and it was very engaging. As I said, probably one of the best radio interviews I've ever heard.

    and funny too! :D ( how often can you say that about cyclist interviews!) :shock:
  • tremayne
    tremayne Posts: 378
    Really want to hear that interview.. Can anyone help track it down - or offer a link???

    Obree = Legend

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