BBC World News to feature a new four part series 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'
BBC World News will feature a new four part series on called Faster, Higher, Stronger which will showcase the never ending pursuit of perfection during Olympic competition. This series takes a sneak peek into the lives of lustrous Olympian athletes as they talk about their experience living the Olympic dream, their moments of glory and agony.
Premiering on June 30th, this show unveils the magic behind four of the most celebrated sporting events in Olympics - The 100 metres, Gymnastics, 1500 metres and Swimming.
Each episode will encapsulate the history, analysis from sport experts and exclusive footage of special moments in each sport.
- The 100 metres: The show combines vivid eyewitness testimony and analysis from expert commentators such as Michael Johnson and uses cutting edge filming techniques with a brilliant archive of historic races to show how the greatest sprinters have made the 100m the most electrifying event in any sport.
- Gymnastics: It narrates the history of extraordinary Gymnastic genius at the Olympics from the Melbourne Games of 1956 to the Beijing Games of 2008 and features an exploration of how the greatest of gymnasts have used each Olympic Games to search for ever greater daring, danger, skill and beauty in their ambition to win Gold medals
- 1500 metres: The programme combines unique archive footage, period reconstruction and stunning location filming from across the World with exclusive interviews with the greatest Olympians to run the 1500m. It tells us the drama of LA in 1984 and the fascinating history of the 1500m at the Olympics revealing the extraordinary demands and skills needed to win this celebrated track event
- Swimming: Over 100 years of Olympic Games, the story reveals the surprising and unknown history of the swimming strokes we now take for granted. From the dominance of four strokes and the evolution of the front crawl, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly, the show talks about the competitive swimming at the modern games that allowed races to be won with faster and faster times
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