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Going for Gold: The '48 Games to feature on BBC Entertainment

Published: 23 July 2012

Going for Gold: The '48 Games focus on the uplifting true story of how two young mean from very different backgrounds truimphed against the odds at the 1948 London Olympics. It will be broadcast on Monday, 30 July at 20:00 on BBC Entertainment, channel 120 on DStv.

That the 1948 games took place at all was astonishing in itself, with Britain still struggling with the damaging after-effects of a war that had decimated its resources and left London half-destroyed. But thanks to a refusal to let the event die, the so-called Austerity Olympics ended up as a major success.

The spirit of a nation determined to get back on its feet is embodied by the journey of boatbuilder’s son Bert Bushnell and Eton and Oxford-educated Richard ‘Dickie’ Burnell as they battled to keep their Olympic dreams alive.

This compelling film tells the real-life story of this unlikely pairing of competitors for the double sculling event.

Thrown together just six weeks before the games, Bushnell and Burnell had to confront and overcome vast differences in their personal and professional lives, as they pushed themselves to their physical and emotional limits in their bid to win Olympic gold.

Culminating in a tense and exciting race to the finish, this is a film that reminds viewers what the Olympic Games are really about – heroic personal endeavour, courage, determination and a little bit of luck.

Going for Gold: The '48 Games will be broadcast on Monday, 30 July at 20:00 on BBC Entertainment, channel 120 on DStv.

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