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Oct 2, 2025Oct 1, 2025HTBS

The First Sign of Spring and the First Controversy of the 2026 Boat Race

Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025HTBS

Boat Race Day 2025 Part I: Putney

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024HTBS

Three Men and Three Women in Boats (To Say Nothing of the Dog and the Cat) – Part I

Apr 4, 2024Apr 17, 2024HTBS

The 2024 Boat Race I: On The Waterfront

Apr 2, 2023Apr 2, 2023HTBS

P to M On Couch And Box

Mar 24, 2023Apr 2, 2023HTBS

Sunday’s Boat Races: Looking Forwards By Looking Backwards

Feb 16, 2023Feb 15, 2023HTBS

RIP Raquel Welch

Apr 9, 2022Apr 9, 2022HTBS

The Boat Race Comes Home

Mar 25, 2022Mar 24, 2022HTBS

The 2022 Boat Race Fixtures: Reading the Runes

Sep 2, 2020Sep 1, 2020HTBS

David Mercer: The Perfect Gentleman

Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020HTBS

Chris Dodd: A Few of my Favourite Things

Jun 27, 2020Jun 26, 2020HTBS

Richmond Regatta: A Duck Hunt and a Pig Hunt

Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020HTBS

The Magic Christian at 50+

Apr 7, 2020Apr 6, 2020HTBS

Clement Attlee: None Smarter

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019HTBS

Back To The Futures

Oct 24, 2019Oct 29, 2019HTBS

1948 Olympic Silver Medallist Paul Bircher Dies

Sep 7, 2019Sep 9, 2019HTBS

Doggett’s 2019: Brutal!

Oct 5, 2018Oct 4, 2018HTBS

Barry, Beeb, Blues and the BR on the Box

Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018HTBS

1958: Australia Goes to Europe – Part 2

May 25, 2018Feb 23, 2024HTBS

How to Prove you are an Englishman in a War

Mar 24, 2018Mar 27, 2018HTBS

Today Is Boat Race Day: Let Battle Commence

Mar 17, 2018Mar 17, 2018HTBS

It’s either Oxford or Cambridge

Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017HTBS

Progress über alles?

Apr 2, 2017Apr 5, 2017HTBS

Observing Oxford, Contemplating Cambridge: Viewing the Boat Race

Jan 9, 2017Apr 5, 2017HTBS

Tabs On Trial: Girl Power

Apr 1, 2016Apr 1, 2016HTBS

The BBC’s Boat Race Broadcast: Credit where it’s Due

Jul 24, 2015Jul 23, 2015HTBS

Broadcasting Henley: Nothing New

Apr 10, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

Images of the 160th Boat Race Part 1: The Prelude

Apr 7, 2012Apr 23, 2014Ellen

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