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The Race to Dover

Cricket correspondent and pilot Jonathan Agnew investigates the 1909 competition to fly across the English Channel. From 2009.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ cricket correspondent and keen pilot Jonathan Agnew looks at the race to be the first person to fly across the English Channel in 1909.

Agnew gets the chance to slide into the cockpit of the winning plane flown by Louis Bleriot.

He also finds out what happened to the race favourite - playboy and sportsman, Hubert Latham.

Producer: Chris Ledgard

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in June 2009.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Jul 2022 02:30
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Broadcasts

  • Wed 3 Jun 2009 11:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 06:30
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  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 13:30
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  • Tue 21 Jul 2015 20:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 22 Jul 2015 01:30
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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 06:30
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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 13:30
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  • Fri 15 Mar 2019 20:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 16 Mar 2019 01:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 1 Jul 2022 14:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 2 Jul 2022 02:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra