Legacy

Nicky tries to track down a current NYCB dancer who will share their story and their experience of the Company.

And then, one day in February 2025, one of NYCB’s longest-serving principal dancers step…

In 2018, Alexandra Waterbury filed a lawsuit against Chase Finlay and New York City Ballet that made headlines worldwide. Chase had taken sexually explicit photos and videos of Alexandra without her …

In December 2017, five former dancers came forward and accused Peter Martins of verbal and physical abuse. But not everyone in the ballet world was ready to listen.

Nicky sits down with one of the dan…

Carrying on a legacy like George Balanchine’s was the impossible job.

But when Peter Martins took control of the Company, the consequences for one dancer were particularly devastating. Nicky tracks he…

Two dancers still see visions of Balanchine. One sees that vision more clearly than ever, while the other questions her memories with entirely new eyes…

Episodes 4 and 5 are out on Tuesday 4th March. …

The Company’s founder, George Balanchine, was more than just a choreographer. To his dancers, he was a father figure, an all-seeing god – and even a husband, blending his professional and personal li…

Nicky finally fulfils a childhood dream: to watch the New York City Ballet.

But it’s hard to enjoy the moment. Not with all she knows now.

Episode 2 is available to listen to right now, with new episod…

Millions dream of becoming a ballet dancer. And so many dream of reaching the grandest stage of all: the New York City Ballet. Home to some of the greatest works of the modern age, its legacy was sha…

In the final episode, Sam returns to east London to confront some home truths and speaks to someone who might hold the key to understanding the English Disease…

Extraordinary sporting stories that rea…

Tensions are rising across the country until, one night in July, a single event changes everything…

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A WhatsApp group for football banter started as an escape from the real world. But it soon became a command centre for Britain’s culture war…

Extraordinary sporting stories that really matter. From St…

A young man in Sheffield attacks a rival supporter with irreversible consequences... But his story isn’t an anomaly. It’s a blueprint.

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Sam travels to Nottingham to meet a hooligan known as ‘The Englishman’ who used football violence to navigate the fractured ideals of working-class masculinity.

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Sam goes to breakfast with an ex-hooligan friend to answer a question he’s circled for a decade, and sets off on a journey to reveal what’s really lurking beneath the surface of England’s game.

Extrao…

There was a time when football hooliganism was everywhere. For decades it dominated headlines, merging the two things England loves most: football and fear.

Over the course of six episodes, writer Sam…

What does the future look like for Qatar, football, and the people we’ve spoken to?

Sports broadcaster Kate Mason finds out more about the precarious situation of the LGBTQ+ community in the country a…

What does this World Cup mean for Qatar? Sports broadcaster Kate Mason goes inside the Qatar club game and finds signs of a very deliberate footballing project.

But are Qatar’s intentions going to sur…

How did we get here? Sports broadcaster Kate Mason travels back to 2010 and finds out how Qatar’s migrant worker crisis unfolded – and continues to endure to this day. 

She speaks to three workers abo…