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Anyone else catch this classic film of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix on BBC4 last night?
Its on iPlayer if you missed it.

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In reply to cousin nick:

I saw it at an open air screening at Brimham Rocks last month, as part of the cultural festival accompanying the Yorkshire Grand Depart. Fantastic film.

In reply to cousin nick:

Cheers, that's tonight's viewing sorted

In reply to woolsack:

this also a must watch if you haven't seen it yet- 2 days left..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b048wqcc/storyville-20132014-30-velora...

In reply to cousin nick: Was it actually shown last night? In iPlayer on my set-top box it says that on Thursday at 23:00 they were showing The Lance Armstrong Story again. Searching for the title doesn't find it, either.

It does come up if I search for the title on the desktop version but I'd rather watch it on the telly...

In reply to Martin W: Hmm, iPlayer on my tablet doesn't list it either. Looks like I'm stuck watching it on my computer

In reply to Martin W:

Try this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074qhx/ or
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074qhx/a-sunday-in-hell

In reply to nrhardy: Thanks, those worked on the tablet - but weirdly the search function is finding it now too. And I've just discovered that it's now showing up on the set-top box as well! Why it should take longer to turn up on iPlayer on different devices I have no idea, but it definitely wasn't on either of them when I checked on Friday. Very odd.

In reply to cousin nick:

Thanks for posting, it was a film I've wanted to see for some time.

But as for being "hell", it looked lovely Sunday ride compared to the Kielder 100 !

In reply to Chris the Tall:

Yeah, I thought the same! Nice day compared with the 2012 Cornwall Tor!

N

In reply to Chris the Tall:

The dust in the lungs and the helmetless crashes evened things up a bit.

In reply to DubyaJamesDubya:

And the section through the protesting workers.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Yes you don't see much of that these days.

In reply to Chris the Tall:

The 'Hell' refers to the history of where the race occurs, as much as the event itself, though I'm sure you already knew that.

Still a very interesting piece of cinema. It also reminds me I must get around to watching the other classic from a similar era; 'Stars and Water Carriers'

In reply to nrhardy:

Thanks for the post, I enjoyed that, great to see films with Merckx and Thevenet and others on the cobbles.

In reply to Tall Clare:

They needed Hinault

http://inrng.com/medias/images/hinaultparisnice.jpg

http://inrng.com/2012/03/the-story-of-the-hinault-photo/

I believe that pic was up on the wall on the pub in Cragg Vale when he rode up it earlier this year - he was amused

In reply to Liam M:


Oh good it's online. I've been staring at this VHS with no way of playing it youtube.com/watch?v=ZUIr9LG1juw&

'It's a murderous pace... to increase the pace now is surely impossible, inhuman ...for any other than Eddy Merckx'

In reply to SteveRi:

Another one for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGZGfRjKuFY#t=109 'Je Ne Peux Pas Comprendre Eddy'