Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation (2020)

Season 1

Jack Whitehall takes a lighthearted and nostalgia-filled look back at Britain's sporting history, telling the nation's story through our most iconic moments and characters.

Released July 10, 2020 Episode 29 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Documentary, History

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Watch Providers: Hoopla

Network: BBC One

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

7.4

/44/

Trakt

/6/

TMDb

S1E1 - It's Coming Home

Jack celebrates some of Britain's finest sporting moments on home soil and how hosting major tournaments brings the best out of us as a nation - from 1966 to Super Saturday.

July 10, 2020, midnight

S1E2 - The Hero's Journey

This edition looks at Britain's attitude to its sporting heroes and the tendency to build them up and then bring them crashing back down again.

July 17, 2020, midnight

S1E3 - The Cult of the Underdog

This time, Jack irreverently dives into Britain's undying love for the plucky, humble outsider, looking at how, when it comes to sport, we can't help but get behind an underdog.

July 24, 2020, midnight

S1E4 - Class

Jack takes a light-hearted look at the way that class is woven into the DNA of British sport and how breaking social boundaries can lead to moments of incredible drama.

July 31, 2020, midnight

S1E5 - Best of Enemies

Jack celebrates some of the greatest rivalries in British sport, from Scotland's 'Auld Enemy' to the Ashes and England's rugby World Cup win in Australia.

Aug. 7, 2020, midnight

S1E6 - Glorious Failure

Jack takes a light-hearted look at Britain's most glorious sporting failures, such as Welsh World Cup rugby, Derek Remond's hamstring and the truly unique Eddie the Eagle.

Aug. 14, 2020, midnight

BBC One

29 min/ep

174 min

July 10, 2020

Aug. 14, 2020, midnight

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