Sporting Misadventures with Chris Hoy

Jan 28 2025 53 ep. 59 mins 39

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Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy and journalist Matt Majendie invite a comedian on each week to dissect his or her sporting misadventures from the sublime to the ridiciulous.
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Neil Forsyth

Jan 28 2025 65 mins

This week's guest began life as a football journalist with a passion for Dundee United but then turned to TV creating the hilarious Bob Servant, starring Brian Cox, Guilt and The Gold. He joined us to talk scoring an overhead kick at Tannadice, tennis exploits against a junior Wimbledon star and winning three football caps at international level. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Tw

Peter Serafinowicz

Jan 21 2025 44 mins

Peter Serafinowicz would sit out PE and hated football despite growing up in Liverpool. But then this week's guest became a convert of the beautiful game via his son and joins us to talk playing, watching and commentating on the sport as well as his idea for a merger of Merseyside's two football giants. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn

Asim Chaudhry

Jan 14 2025 62 mins

What makes a person support a football club? For Newcastle fan Asim Chaudhry, it was zebras. This week's guest joins us to chat about his affinity with black-and-white stripes, his brief foray as a star rugby front-row forward in west London and cricket spinning advice from his dad. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - htt

Brian Conley

Jan 07 2025 64 mins

The multi-talented Brian Conley - actor, comedian, singer and TV presenter - comes on the podcast as the first guest of 2025 to chat about his sporting misadventures predominantly involving Linford Christie, Strictly Come Dancing and how Eastenders saved him from becoming a runner. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - http

Sporting Misadventures season 3 trailer

Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and sports journalist Matt Majendie return for season 3 of the podcast as week by week guests join them to talk about their sporting calamities. Already making an appearance this series are Jason Manford, Richard Herring and Mark Steel with many more lined up in the weeks ahead. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/S

Richard Herring

Dec 17 2024 62 mins

Running, rowing with Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent and being flattened by a fast bowler, this week's guest, Richard Herring, has seen it all in the sporting sphere. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And let us hear about your own sporting misadventures by emailing sp

Mark Steel

Dec 10 2024 73 mins

Mark Steel is a sports fanatic be that playing table tennis as a teenager or using sporting analogies in his recent battle with cancer. He joins the pod as this week's guest ahead of his latest tour, the Leopard in my house. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And let us he

Mark Webber

Dec 03 2024 64 mins

This week, we're joined by an actual sportsman in nine-time F1 race winner Mark Webber, also a champion at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He chats brushes with death in high-speed crashes, cycling against his idol on one of the Tour de France's toughest climbs and being obliterated by a MotoGP racer. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Ins

Jason Manford

Nov 26 2024 69 mins

Season 3 kicks off with the wonderful Jason Manford who joins Chris and Matt to cover a rich tapestry of sport. There's padel tennis, a love of Manchester City, coaching his daughter's football team and getting injured a 10-pin bowling and much, much more. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/spor

Milton Jones

Jul 30 2024 63 mins

Joining us on the podcast on the eve of his show at the Edinburgh Fringe is none other than Milton Jones. He talks running after a rabbi, keeping up with Mo Farah on the football field and tweeting Chris after his London 2012 golds. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ And l