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New documentary series follows Sky and British Cycling as they target Tour and Olympic success (+ video trailer)

Sky Atlantic screens five-episode series British Cycling: Road to Glory following Wiggins, Brailsford and co throughout 2012

If you were going to make a fly-on-the-wall document about Team Sky and Great Britain’s cyclists, this season would have been an obvious one to choose, with Bradley Wiggins targeting Tour de France success and a home Olympics in prospect four years after the success of Beijing.

Well, someone had Sky obviously agreed because this Thursday 30 August at 8pm sees the start of a five-part documentary series on Sky Atlantic and Sky Atlantic HD called British Cycling: Road to Glory.

Besides backing the ProTeam that bears its name, Sky is also sponsor of British Cycling, and among other things the series will follow Dave Brailsford as he carries out his dual role as performance director to the national team with that of team principal at Team Sky.

According to Sky the series, which is produced by Twofour, will “lay bare the extraordinary physical, psychological and tactical dimensions of both professional cycling and the bid for continued Olympic success at London 2012.”

A separate one-off documentary, directed by John Dower whose previous work includes the Channel 4 documentary, Thriller In Manila, will also be aired later this year, called Bradley Wiggins: Tour Of Duty.

It promises “a no-holds barred look at how one of Britain’s brightest sport stars balances his professional and personal life,” following his season as he prepares for the Tour de France and goes on to become the first British winner.

Obviously, to watch both you'll either need a Sky subscription yourself, or be very nice to someone you know who has one...
 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Mostyn | 12 years ago
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No Sky? No View! Oh Well, No See; Because, I, No Pay to Watch Football Orientated TV.

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DAG on a bike | 12 years ago
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Marauder | 12 years ago
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IIRC the subs are only £1/month for the package that has Sky Atlantic.  4

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rjw replied to Marauder | 12 years ago
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Brian Nichol wrote:

IIRC the subs are only £1/month for the package that has Sky Atlantic.  4

Try £21.50 per month.

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G-bitch | 12 years ago
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... I don't care what documentary gets released, nothing will ever make me pay for TV.

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themartincox | 12 years ago
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Gazza - I think this is sky's way of saying, we put millions into cycling, how about you give us a few quid back - they are a business after all!

if i recall though, you have to pay for sky1, and if you are paying for sky1, then i think you get sky atlantic anyway.

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rjw replied to themartincox | 12 years ago
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You can get Sky1 though other providers such as Virgin, however Sky Atlantic is exclusive to Sky customers.

However I'm sure there will be an unofficial download available within a day or two through one of the many sites dedicated to that sort of thing.

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gazzaputt replied to themartincox | 12 years ago
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Martin - LeJogLe wrote:

Gazza - I think this is sky's way of saying, we put millions into cycling, how about you give us a few quid back - they are a business after all!

if i recall though, you have to pay for sky1, and if you are paying for sky1, then i think you get sky atlantic anyway.

Not if you are a Virgin Media or Freeview subscriber you don't.

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gazzaputt | 12 years ago
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Well done Sky you f*ckwits isolate the series to the channel that you can only access if you have a Sky TV subscription.

Wouldn't have killed them to shown this on Sky1.  2

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Mr. Rossi | 12 years ago
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Fantastic. Can't wait.

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Some Fella | 12 years ago
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Anyone know if this will go over to one of the other Sky channels eventually?
I dont have Sky Atlantic.

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