Episode Details

As the British and Irish Lions begin their summer tour of South Africa with three tests against the reigning World Champions, in the first of a three-part series, Gareth Rhys Owen and guests reflect on the 1974 tour when the Lions went undefeated, winning 21 of their 22 matches but against the backdrop of widespread condemnation of the apartheid regime in South Africa. This programme contains language that is offensive but was used regularly in the time and place this documentary examines.