5 live Sport Specials
Summary: Showcasing 5 live Sport’s one-off specials, featuring in-depth interviews and coverage with the biggest names from the world of sport.
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Podcasts:
Sonja McLaughlan is joined by Martyn Williams and Brian Moore to preview Saturday's Autumn International matches between Wales and South Africa, while England take on Australia.
5live Sport pays tribute to Australian batsman Phillip Hughes who died on Thursday at the age of 25 after being struck by a cricket ball while playing for South Australia.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by former England, Aston Villa and Watford manager Graham Taylor, squash world champion and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games Laura Massaro and England forward and rugby world cup winner Tamara Taylor.
Matt Dawson is joined by David Flatman and Chris Jones to reflect on the Autumn Internationals gone and coming up. You can hear from Keith Wood, Tom Horan, James Haskell and George Ford speaks about his 10/12 partnership with Owen Farrell.
Michael Vaughan joins Mark Pougatch for ‘Inside the Dressing Room’. We discover what makes the perfect dressing room, and also how to destroy one. Hear from Sean Dyche on how he deals with so-called 'assassins' within the team; Lawrie Sanchez tells us what happened in the ‘Crazy Gang’; Matt Dawson on being assaulted by a cactus leaf; René Meulensteen on coaching at Man united and John Hartson tells the real story of what happened between him and Eyal Berkovic.
Mark Chapman is joined by AP McCoy, Cornelius Lysaght and Jason Weaver to discuss the three time champion flat jockey Ryan Moore. He's won the biggest races across Europe and around the World - including Australia's most prestigious racing prize earlier this month. So who is - and how good is - Ryan Moore?
Mark Chapman is joined by Bryan Redpath and Chris Jones to review the weekend's Autumn Internationals, which didn't really go well for Wales and England, but better for Scotland. In this podcast you can hear from Stuart Lancaster, Charlie Hodgson and Jim Telfer.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington, multiple Ashes winner Jason Gillespie and current modern pentathlon world champion - and Olympic silver medallist - Sam Murray.
A look ahead to this weekend's autumn internationals, which includes England v South Africa and Scotland v New Zealand. Sonja McLaughlan is joined by former England hooker Brian Moore, BBC commentator Eddie Butler & ex England fly-half Paul Grayson.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by World Championship 800 metre medallist Jenny Meadows, former England Rugby Union captain and World Cup winner Martin Corry and legendary sports promoter Barry Hearn.
Eleanor Oldroyd hosts a special programme recorded as part of the Women in Sport Conference. Hear from, amongst others, Olympic gold medallists Victoria Pendleton and Lizzy Yarnold, as the panel discuss how to make sport more attractive to girls and the role of the media in challenging the image of women's sport.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by winter olympic gold medalist Lizzy Yarnold , Northern Ireland Football Manager Michael O'Neill and Commonwealth Games gold medal winning heptathlete Louise Hazel.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined for a special interview by the former Ireland and Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll. In this 'Bodcast', you can hear him talk about the biggest moments of his career.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by the IBF and WBA world champion Carl Froch, Paralympic gold medallist and marathon world record holder Richard Whitehead, and Olympic badminton silver medallist and presenter Gail Emms. They discuss the week's top sporting stories, including the issue of athletes being allowed back into their sport after a prison sentence, the challenge of keeping emotions in check during competition, and the indulgence athletes treat themselves to once training eases off.
Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by Mike Costello and Steve Bunce to work out whether Carl Froch would fight James de Gale. We take a look at the wealth of British talent, including Anthony Joshua and Carl Frampton who admits to eating 6 pavlovas after his world title fight with Kiko Martinez.