Not by the Playbook Podcast
The podcast which seeks out the most incredible and inspirational stories from sportspeople and athletes around the world.
Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds. Discover Not by the Playbook - the podcast which seeks out the most incredible stories from sportspeople and athletes. We bring you interviews with the sporting heroes who have achieved success in the face of seemingly impossible challenges.
Hear from some of the most famous names in sport on subjects you've never heard them discuss before. You don't have to be an Olympic champion to have an extraordinary story – we also scour the globe for inspiring individuals who make a difference through sport.
Whether you’re a football or soccer fan, tennis lover, golf aficionado or cricket addict, or even if you're not a sports fan at all, you’ll find inspiration in the stories of resilience, determination, and discipline. Expect insightful, honest, and thought-provoking conversations from people who live and breathe sport.
Listen to Not by the Playbook on the BBC World Service every Saturday at 0900 GMT, or find it as a podcast wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Episodes to download
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The Wait Is Over: Japan get a Sumo Champion
Sat 28 Jan 2017
Sumo star Kisenosato is now a grand champion, Japan's first since 1998.
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Trump v the NFL: A Pyrrhic Victory
Sat 21 Jan 2017
Donald Trump's foray into American football and the effect it had on the sport
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Cancer Kicker: A Footballer's Mentality
Sat 14 Jan 2017
How mental toughness developed on the football field helped one former player kick cancer
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Student Athlete: Pride, Passion but no Payment
Sat 7 Jan 2017
College sport in America is a billion dollar business but the athletes don't earn a penny
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Sportshour: Review 2016
Sat 31 Dec 2016
A look back at the two most significant stories on Sportshour in 2016
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Sportshour: Most Listened to 2016
Christmas Eve 2016
Including how Olympic finalist in Sydney Suzy Favour Hamilton became a Las Vegas escort
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Abuse Allegations in US Gymnastics
Sat 17 Dec 2016
We look at how allegations of sexual abuse have engulfed gymnastics in the USA
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Unafraid to Speak Out
Sat 10 Dec 2016
Why Detroit Lion DeAndre Levy campaigns against violence and to test forgotten rape kits
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Living With Surviving
Sat 3 Dec 2016
Gil Stork survivor of the 1960 plane crash that claimed the lives of 16 of his team mates
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Castro's legacy on Cuban sport
Sat 26 Nov 2016
Following his death, we look at the use of sport by Fidel Castro in Cuban society
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Cricket in The Jungle, a different Calais
Sat 5 Nov 2016
Sport was a rarely reported part of life in an infamous, now demolished, migrant camp
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Fifty Years On: Football on Robben Island
Sat 29 Oct 2016
Former inmates recalls the importance of football on Robben Island
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Redemptive Running
Sat 22 Oct 2016
How marathon running is raising self-esteem of homeless people with remarkable results.
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Reclaiming the Locker Room after Donald Trump's Comments
Sat 15 Oct 2016
Stories from the locker rooms of US sport to the spires of Cambridge University
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Annemiek van Vleuten - Back on the Bike
Sat 8 Oct 2016
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.
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The Cybathlon is Coming!
Sat 1 Oct 2016
With the world bionic games are only a week away we look ahead to Cybathalon 2016
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The Rally Princess of Sweden
Sat 24 Sep 2016
Anne Seel on being the only Swede to ride both a motorcycle and a car in the Dakar Rally
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Drone Racing: The Future of Sport?
Sat 17 Sep 2016
How the immersive sport of drone racing went from underground to mainstream
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Pep and Jose: Derby Day Delight
Sat 10 Sep 2016
Will Jose and Pep play nicely as the red half and blue half of Manchester collide?
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Olympic Silver... Heart of Gold
Sat 3 Sep 2016
Why Piotr Malachowski donated his Olympic silver to a boy with a rare form of cancer
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Paralympic Problems
Sat 27 Aug 2016
Ahead of the Rio Paralympics we speak to those affected by the issues the event is facing
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My Twelve Year Wait for Olympic Gold
Sat 20 Aug 2016
Why it took Adam Nelson twelve years after becoming Olympic champion to receive his gold
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From Beating Leukaemia to Olympic Gold
Sat 13 Aug 2016
Maarten van der Weijden recalls his battle back from leukaemia to win Olympic gold.
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Jesse Owens: The Olympics' most powerful icon
Sat 6 Aug 2016
80 years on from Jesse Owens' four golds at the 1936 Olympics, we hear from his daughters
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From Homelessness to Boxing World Champion
Sat 30 Jul 2016
At 42, Tony Moran became world cruiserweight champion but his journey was far from easy
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The Transgender Man Who Changed the Olympics
Sat 23 Jul 2016
Chris Mosier, first transman to make a men's US National Team on changing Olympic policy
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Olympic dream set to be realised
Sat 16 Jul 2016
Cambodia's first female long distance Olympian on why her family thinks she's "crazy"
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Serena Williams: Wimbledon's Wonder Woman
Sat 9 Jul 2016
We're at Wimbledon on Ladies' final day to see if Serena Williams can make history
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'The Olympics needs golf more than golf need the Olympics'
Sat 2 Jul 2016
After some high profile golfers withdrew from the Olympics, should golf be in the Games?
