A Tribute to the Great North Run (1980 - 2015)
439 views · Published 13 September 2015 · 2:41 · Indexed 6 October 2026
Channel: Harry Hayfield · 2015 · Sports
The Great North Run celebrates it's 35th anniversary today and in tribute I decided to upload it's greatest moment of fame. That came in 1987 when BBC Sport and BBC Education attempted something that had never been done before (namely filming a scene for a drama within a live sporting event). The footage comes from both BBC Sport (filming the event) and BBC Education (filming the scene) and was broadcast in 1988 under the "Look and Read" series banner
