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Weston Beach Race

The Speedshop Series 1
Episode 5 of 6

Titch signs up to compete in a brutal beach race, but it鈥檚 a race against time to get both his battered body and a vintage motorbike in shape for the start line.

Titch has a desire to re-enter a race he has not competed in since 2014, the mighty Weston Beach motorcycle race. With the four-mile sand course containing obstacles the size of houses, it is one of the most punishing beach races in the world. The three-hour endurance race takes its toll on both riders and machines, and Titch鈥檚 battered body - the result of years of Special Forces abuse - isn鈥檛 as injury free as when he last competed in this race. But if concerns over his own fitness weren鈥檛 enough, he wants to make things even harder by entering the race on a machine the same age as he is, a 47-year-old vintage scrambler. Which will break first - the 47-year-old bike or the 47-year-old man?

In preparation for the race, it鈥檚 not just the bike that undergoes a rebuild 鈥� Titch visits orthopaedic surgeon Charles Willis-Owen to see what, if anything, can be done about his damaged knees and ankles before the flag drops at Weston.

Titch is joined in the race by last-minute entry and colleague Billy. If Titch thought he wasn鈥檛 in the best physical shape to tackle the race, injured military veteran Billy is attempting the race with just one fully functioning arm!

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58 minutes

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Thu 28 Mar 2024 15:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Bring Me The Horizon

    Mantra

  • 00:02

    Django Django

    Default

  • 00:15

    Fatboy Slim

    Push And Shove

  • 00:17

    The Heavy

    Big Bad Wolf

  • 00:26

    Kasabian

    Shoot The Runner

  • 00:37

    Feature Film, Wolfmother

    Joker and The Thief

  • 00:40

    Wolfmother

    Cosmonaut

  • 00:45

    The Dandy Warhols

    Easy

  • 00:46

    Wolfmother

    Woman

  • 00:47

    Public Service Broadcasting

    Signal 30

  • 00:55

    Bring Me The Horizon

    Drown

  • 00:57

    The Amazons

    Black Magic

Credits

Director Christiaan Bailey
Producer Christiaan Bailey
Executive Producer Grant Wardrop

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