Inside The Tour
The inside story of the most triumphant tours in sporting history.
Season 2 returns this December as a box set, following the England cricket team on their astonishing 1986/87 series. A tour hugely significant for both nations – after this, England wouldn’t win the Ashes again for 18 years. The embarrassing defeat sent Allan Border’s Australia to rock bottom and yet, somehow, they recovered to become a cricket superpower. This is the story of that incredible journey, told by players from both teams plus host Mark Pougatch, who was a backpacking 18-year-old in Australia at the time. His diary brings to life an incredible story of unknown call-ups, unlikely heroes, and a result that shocked the sporting world.
In series 1, presenter Alastair Eykyn took us back to the legendary British and Irish Lions rugby tour in South Africa, 1997. With few giving them a chance, a disparate group of characters bonded into a band of brothers that upset the reigning world champions.
This is Inside The Tour – giving you the inside story, told by those who were there.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2021
Bonus Episode: The Ashes '86/87 - Gladstone Small Guerrilla Cricket
Gladstone Small speaks with journalist Tony Bishop from Guerilla Cricket about the legendary 1986/87 Ashes tour.
How did England beat the Aussies? Where did Gladstone’s love of cricket came from?
Lear…
00:38:28 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Bonus Episode: The Ashes '86/87 - Prostate Cancer UK - Live panel
A special ‘Inside the Tour’ online event, in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK.
Mark Pougatch hosts a bonus episode where he’s joined by some familiar faces from the Inside The Tour podcast, as wel…
01:05:20 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Episode 1: The Ashes ’86/87 - The Wooden Spoon Series
English cricket is in a bad place and Australia isn’t faring much better. As they prepare to meet in the Ashes of 1986/87, cricket’s ultimate contest dating back to the 1800s, there are tongue-in-che…
00:27:55 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 2: The Ashes ’86/87 - Can’t Bat, Can’t Bowl, Can’t Field
England’s ramshackle cricketers arrive in Australia and, true to recent form, start losing to part-time state teams. The cricket seems secondary to the drinking as England lurch from the Bundaberg Ru…
00:27:22 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 3: The Ashes ’86/87 - Botham’s Brisbane Fireworks
“One of the greatest innings I’ve ever seen” says Phil De Freitas who, for a few hours, on the second day of the first test match, stood at the non-striker’s end at The Gabba in total awe. Sir Ian Bo…
00:28:17 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 4: The Ashes ’86/87 - The Fear of Failure
One down in the series, Australia needed their world-class batsman and skipper Allan Border to step up, which he promptly did. Less predictable was the performance of a gangly Nottingham opener and a…
00:32:41 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 5: The Ashes ’86/87 - We’re Still Standing
The tour arrives in Melbourne. Not just for the Boxing Day test, but far more importantly for the Christmas Day party. That’s right: England’s preparation for a series-clinching test match involved f…
00:31:21 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 6: The Ashes ’86/87 - Cash For Questions
After losing by an innings at the MCG, the Australian inquest started. Allan Border gathered a group of “survivors” in a Melbourne hotel to draw a line in the sand. Down the road, at Kooyong, his ign…
00:26:40 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 7: The Ashes ’86/87 - The Search for Peter Who
With the series lost, Australia panicked. Needing inspiration, they turned to ‘Taylor’. But not the one everyone was expecting. Mark Taylor - the brilliant young opener and future captain - was most …
00:30:38 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 8: The Ashes ’86/87 - Call Lamby on 24624
The tour wasn’t over yet. After winning a one-day series in Perth, between the 4th and 5th tests, England set themselves a challenge: to wrap up a ‘Grand Slam Tour’ by winning the World Series Cup, a…
00:32:52 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
Episode 0: The Ashes '86/87 - Inside The Tour Season 2
After telling the remarkable story of the British and Irish Lions on their famous tour to South Africa in 1997, “Inside The Tour” returns for a second series, charting cricket’s astonishing Ashes ser…
00:02:50 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
Episode 11: The Lions '97 - A Live Bonus
Description: A special ‘Inside the Tour' online event, in partnership with the MyName5Doddie Foundation.
In this bonus podcast episode we tie the threads from those epic days of 1997 with the curren…
01:06:00 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Episode 10: The Lions '97 - The 'My Name Is Doddie' Special
Description: The series closes with a special tribute to one of the most popular figures on that tour; Scotland and Lions lock forward Doddie Weir.
Details: After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone …
00:35:56 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Episode 9: The Lions '97 - The Second Test
Description: The Great Gibbs Collision and Celebratory Duvets.
Details: A week later, in Durban, after Greenwood's near-death experience in midweek, the Lions know Springbok retaliation is on the ca…
00:36:04 |
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Episode 8: The Lions '97 - The First Test
Description: "Get Up! You bald, fat f**k!"
Details: Finally, the Lions arrive in Cape Town for the 1st Test Match. They devise a devastating strategy; to take on the mighty Springboks upfront. The m…
00:33:08 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Episode 7: The Lions '97 - The Film
Description: Dressing Room Drama and the Mystery Camera.
Details: As well as the result, the 1997 tour is remembered for the remarkable documentary film "Living with Lions". Its pioneering 'fly-on-t…
00:32:52 |
Fri 09 Jul 2021
Episode 6: The Lions '97 - The Injuries
Description: The Doctor's Skill and Waking Up Will.
Details: An eight-week rugby tour is hard enough before considering the opponents' size and strength, not to mention opposition brutality. Injurie…
00:33:26 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
Episode 5: The Lions '97 - The Coaches
Description: Sir Ian McGeechan and Jim Telfer, reunited.
Details: In an extraordinary reunion, the Lions' dynamic coaching double act stoke each other's memories of this epic tour. Sir Ian McGeechan…
00:43:06 |
Fri 02 Jul 2021
Episode 4: The Lions '97 - The Midweekers
Description: The Dirt-Track Guy and his Wonder-Try.
Details: The uniqueness of a Lions tour is the schedule; midweek/Saturday, midweek/Saturday. The team you're on is a major clue to whether you're …
00:32:17 |
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Episode 3: The Lions '97 - The Training
Description: Brutal Machines and Goal-kicking Dreams
Detail: After the brainstorms, team-building and pub trips, the Lions hit the training fields to prepare for the challenge of a lifetime. After a…
00:32:58 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
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