Chariots of Fire (1981)

Esplicito

Chariots of Fire won Best Picture at the Oscars in 1982, but is it a Champion of Cinema? Olympics movie at its finest the story follows the live of two young sprinters Harold Abrahams a Jewish Cambridge student with a competitive streak and speed to boot, and Eric Liddell a Christian Scot who runs both in celebration of and with the challenges his faith provides.

In their first foray into Athletics, Oscar Winners and The Olympics, Joe and James find the funny, the touching and the inaccuracies of Chariots of Fire with the usual passion and depth that they are becoming accustomed to, but can they avoid the Nazis even in the 1920's?

The Hosts

Joe Walker is a Sports Coach and graduate of Loughborough University, with 16 years coaching experience and a degree in Sports Coaching. His first passion h ...