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The Games People Play

There's never been a summer like it in Scotland. Just seven weeks after Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games, millions of Scots will be going to the polls to decide our country's future. In this programme, ex-rugby international turned broadcaster John Beattie investigates what happens when the worlds of sport and politics collide. John asks if gold medals at this year's Commonwealth Games will influence whether Scots vote Yes or No on September 18th. Yes campaigner and boxing legend Alex Arthur tells John his career suffered because he wouldn't keep his Scottish identity under wraps. Pro-UK supporter and rugby hero David Sole insists the historic 1990 Grand Slam victory over England was just a game of rugby and had nothing to do with the Poll Tax or Mrs Thatcher.

English
  • Originally Aired July 26, 2014
  • Runtime 1 minutes
  • Production Code b04bwd5c
  • Network BBC Two
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