Inside The Tour

Episode 7: The Ashes ’86/87 - The Search for Peter Who

With the series lost, Australia panicked. Needing inspiration, they turned to ‘Taylor’. But not the one everyone was expecting. Mark Taylor - the brilliant young opener and future captain - was most people’s choice. So, when the team for the 5th test was leaked, Taylor’s phone rang off the hook, unaware of a call-up which in reality had never happened! The Taylor in question was a New South Wales back-up spinner, Peter Taylor. Peter Who? Well, exactly. This is the search for a man who has gone down in Aussie sporting folklore. Anyone know where he is?!
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The inside story of the most triumphant tours in sporting history.

Season 2 returns this December as a box set, following the England cricket team on their astonishing 1986/87 series. A tour hugely significant for both nations – after this, England wouldn’t win the Ashes again for 18 years. The embarrassing defeat sent Allan Border’s Australia to rock bottom and yet, somehow, they recovered to become a cricket superpower. This is the story of that incredible journey, told by players from both teams plus host Mark Pougatch, who was a backpacking 18-year-old in Australia at the time. His diary brings to life an incredible story of unknown call-ups, unlikely heroes, and a result that shocked the sporting world.

In series 1, presenter Alastair Eykyn took us back to the legendary British and Irish Lions rugby tour in South Africa, 1997. With few giving them a chance, a disparate group of characters bonded into a band of brothers that upset the reigning world champions.

This is Inside The Tour – giving you the inside story, told by those who were there.