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Last broadcast on Mon, 2 Jan 2012, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
As we enter the Olympic year, Julian Worricker investigates the extent to which we're a sporting nation.
How do our lifestyles and the economy affecting our approach to sport today? Has the growth of mass sporting events increased participation as much as it's boosted the coffers of the people organising them? And does success at the Olympics really equate to more people on the pitch?
Julian enjoys a school sport that's enjoying a revival; Winifred Robinson has a go at Nordic walking and Peter White finds out why those taking part in one Paralympic sport are determined that it will go mainstream.
The presenter is Julian Worricker. The producer is Katy Takatsuki.
Julian Worricker takes aim
Julian Worricker with the Back to Netball team
Twenty two thousand women in England have taken up netball in the last 3 years
Julian Worricker and Sasha Corbin from the England Netball team
Peter White playing goalball
Goalball was included in the Paralympics in the 1970s
Winifred Robinson tries out Nordic walking in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Nordic Walking UK estimates 200, 000 people in Britain have taken up the activity
80 year old Nordic Walker Christine Wild
Chapters
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Chapter 1
We find out how people are exercising and what sports they are doing.
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Chapter 2
The school sport that’s being rolled out in deprived areas across England.
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Chapter 3
Has the proliferation of mass participation sporting events got more people active and involved in sports?
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Chapter 4
Why the governing body wants to role out this paralympic sport to mainstream schools.
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Chapter 5
How one coach is using social media to get people practising one of the countries most popular sports.
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Chapter 6
Groups of over 50s are appearing wielding walking poles on sports fields across the country. We investigate the growing popularity of Nordic walking.
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Chapter 7
Will success at the Olympics lead to a significant increase in the number of people swapping their shoes for trainers?
Broadcasts
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Mon 2 Jan 201212:00
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Mon 2 Jan 201212:04
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