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	SEABISCUIT Stephen Ives, USA, 2003 Friday 26 September 2003 11.05pm-midnight; rpt Sunday 28 September 12.50am-1.45am

	The story of the over-worked race horse and broken-down jockey that captured the imagination of America during the Great Depression.


	SEABISCUIT Hugely detailed site on the film from PBS

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	STORYVILLE HOMEPAGE BBC SPORT HORSE RACING Further links Seabiscuit: More about the film Background info and transcript Races on the Radio Listen to original coverage of 1930s horse races Laura Hillenbrand Interview Seabiscuit's biographer on the people closest to the horse Timeline The history of horse racing in the United States Seabiscuit: The Movie More on the new film starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites


			Commissioner's Comment Nick Fraser Storyville Series Editor

	How is that a horse came to exemplify the American Dream? In the 1930s, at the worst moment of the Depression, Americans took to gambling in a big way. The object of their affections was Seabiscuit - an ungainly horse that appeared to be unridable. Seabiscuit is the story of the horse and its jockey Red Pollard. The horse was the object of a recent bestselling biography and Hollywood has just turned the whole story into a movie. This film is nifty and uplifting. People who are crazy about images of sport should watch out for the astonishing quality of coverage of races in the 1930s - no technical achievement was good enough for America's most-loved sport. Storyville Homepage