A very British Olympics

Sadly it looks as though The Lost Decade season is coming to an end on BBC 4 however there are still some clips on the website and some of the most fascinating relate to a programme I was lucky enough to catch called 'A very British Olympics'.

This tells the story of the 1948 Olympics, the last time they were held in London. But this was a London still half in ruins where the athletes were housed in rapidly-converted POW camps, made their own sandwiches and, in the case of the female British team, made their own kit.

Fascinating stuff, true blitz spirit. If that's what London was able to do in 1948 then 2012 should rock.

London fogcutter

An honorary mention for the Tiki Bar... and Lala (one of the presenters) in particular. Tiki Bar TV is a video podcast... ah, first principles for some readers...

Podcasts are essentially radio shows that you can subscribe to through applications like iTunes: whenever you connect to the internet the latest episode of the show is downloaded to your PC and to your iPod if you have one. That way you can listen to the show whenever you want.

Video podcasts take this to the next level and are mini videos that can be subscribed to and played in the same way, especially if you have one of the new video-capable iPods. The great thing about audio and video podcasts is that anyone with a small amount of kit can create and distribute these things. Campy FM going global anyone?

Tiki Bar TV is one such video podcast; I've only seen one episode so far where they teach you how to mix a 'London fogcutter' cocktail, hence the honorary mention here, but I think I could become hooked. If you've got iTunes (the latest version 6) and a broadband connection hop over to the iTunes Music Store and look for it within the Podcasts section. The London Fogcutter episode is hilarious.