Winter Olympic Series Episode I - Chamonix 1924

The first of our ten part Winter Olympic Series starts where it all began - in the shadow of Mont Blanc, where the French, Swiss and Italian borders meet, in Chamonix, 1924. These weren't called the Winter Olympics at the time - the French Olympic committee organised the "International Winter Sports Week" and the IOC co-opted it as the first Winter Games a year later.

The series will take us through heroes and villains, heartbreak and redemption, madness and miracles over the course of this and nine more episodes in the run up to the opening ceremony on February 6th. So listen in and learn the story of the greatest show on snow and ice, the Winter Olympics.

Archive footage from Chamonix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNkQMvuEIEA