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Cricket and the English Hero

Clare investigates the role our sporting heroes play in shaping national identity.

• 15 mins

Anyone But England

Clare Balding explores the role football has played in shaping Scottish national identity.

• 15 mins

Welsh Rugby and Its National Heroes

Clare Balding explores the role rugby has played in shaping Welsh national identity.

• 15 mins

Ireland, Politics on the Pitch

Clare Balding is at Croke Park in Dublin to discover how Ireland developed its own sports.

• 15 mins

Ireland, North of the Border

Clare is in Belfast to explore the impact that the Troubles had on sport in the region.

• 15 mins

War Games

Clare Balding explores the vital role sport has played during both world wars.

• 15 mins

Broadcasting to the Nation

Clare Balding discovers how the birth of broadcasting changed British sport for ever.

• 15 mins

Driving Innovation

Clare Balding is at Silverstone to explore how Britain led the way in motor racing.

• 15 mins

The Gentleman Amateur

Clare Balding on the demise of the amateur gentleman and the rise of the professional.

• 15 mins

Beating Us at Our Own Game

Clare Balding takes a look at Britain's most successful export ever - football.

• 15 mins

Sport for All

Clare Balding asks why and when the British government got involved in sport.

• 15 mins

Golden Girls

Clare Balding explains how the 1960s saw women athletes finally take centre stage.

• 15 mins

Rugby's Big Bang

Clare Balding explores the demise of the amateurism in rugby union.

• 15 mins

Globalisation

Clare Balding explores the way television has changed our relationship with sport forever.

• 15 mins

The State of Play

Clare Balding explores the cultural importance of the great triviality that is sport.

• 15 mins