Brooklands Museum Talks

We celebrate Neil's 55 years in motorsport, the last 35 with McLaren. What a career!

The Track. Episode 3 Dec 2020 by Nonesuche Media

This is the second BMtv magazine programme delivered on Brooklands Radio about Brooklands Museum, its Members and its many stories.

This is the first BMtv magazine programme delivered on Brooklands Radio about Brooklands Museum, its Members and its many stories.

In Cold War Skies examines the air power of the major powers both at a strategic and at a tactical level throughout the 40 years of the Cold War. In this fascinating book, acclaimed historian Michael Napier looks at each decade of the war in turn, examining the deployment of strategic offensive and defensive forces in North America and Northern Russia as well as the situation in Europe. He details...

Oliver Heal talks with Gareth Tarr about Louis Coatalen, the car designer from 1900 to the 1930's whose work with Sunbeam made a significant contribution to the marques success with lad speed records and motor racing.

Harry Sherrard's account of 80 years ago when the Vickers factory at Brooklands came under attack and what happened in the air raids and how Brooklands survived.

Author David Tremayne talks about his book on F1 driver "Jochen Rindt Uncrowned King" with Simon Taylor

Alex spent much of the 1960's flying Valiants and Victor bombers for the RAF primarily as refueling tankers for fighters such as the Lightning and Harrier, servicing the middle and far east. This fascinating talk with Tim Morris explores the art of refueling and the planes used for that purpose.

Elisabeth talks about life in the Barnes Wallis house In Effingham during her formative years.

Round the world 'bird in a biplane' aviator Tracey talks about what she has been doing over the past three years, her passion for more female aviators and her plans for the near future. Wow! What a fascinating and determined adventurer!

Mike Napier the author says; The Vickers Wellington is the great unsung hero of World War II. One of only two aircraft types that served in the front line of the RAF throughout World War II and remained in production throughout the conflict (the other was the Supermarine Spitfire), the Vickers Wellington was the mainstay of Bomber Command for the first three years of the war and became the workhor...

About The Book ‘A band of stubborn pioneers rose from the embers of Britain’s cities after World War Two and created the finest automobiles the world had ever seen ... High Performance tells the exhilarating tale of their journey down the fast lane.’ Ben Collins, bestselling author of The Man In The White Suit and How To Drive ‘A wonderful glimpse "backstage" at the flamboyant mavericks and crazie...

Maurice Hamilton talks with Steve Clarke about his book... Maurice first came across Lauda in 1971 and in this definitive biography tells his remarkable story. Based on interviews with friends, family, rival drivers and colleagues, it is a superb tribute to a brave, supremely talented and much-missed star of Formula One. Six weeks after the 1976 crash at the notorious Nürburgring that left him bur...

Richard Noble has had the ambition all his adult life to see Britain excel in engineering on the world stage and throw off the country’s dismal culture of safety first and risk aversion. His achievements in the highly insecure world of record-breaking emphatically demonstrate his commitment to his cause: he brought the Land Speed Record back to Britain in 1983 when he drove his Thrust 2 car to 633...

Allan talks about the history of the car, his relationship and experience of driving it.

50 years ago, on 14 June 1970, the first Shadow racing car made its race début in the opening round of the fabled Can-Am Challenge, at Canada’s Mosport circuit. A miniature car, literally knee-high and with tiny tyres, this startling newcomer went fast enough for George Follmer to qualify it sixth but its race ended when the engine overheated. Now, the first history of Shadow racing cars, by Pete...

Simon Taylor talks about his 50+ years friendship with Sir Stirling. a fascinating insight into the great man. Simon wrote the definitive biography "Sir Stirling Moss - My Racing Life" commissioned by Sir Stirling.

A Race with Love and Death. The story of Britain's first great grand prix driver, Richard Seaman. Chapter 17 read by the author, Richard Williams. https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-Race-with-Love-and-Death/Richard-Williams/9781471179358

Round the World motorcyclist, Elspeth Beard is an architect and motorcyclist, and is noted for being one of the first English women to ride a motorcycle around the World. Later she redesigned Munstead Tower in Godalming, winning the 1994 Royal Institute of British Architects award for South East England.

The TSR2 is one of the great "what ifs" of British aviation. If it had been commissioned would aircraft production have continued at Brooklands? How would the British aviation industry have flourished had it continued? Instead rising costs and inter service rivalry plus a new government meant the cancellation of the high tech project with all the existing air frames (bar two) used as artillery tes...

Re-live the Golden Age of Flying with BOAC in the company of Malcolm Turner A celebration of an iconic British airline which although short lived (1940 to 1974) came to symbolise luxury and exclusivity in the jet age which followed World War II - an era when people dressed to fly and thought that air travel was special, almost as important as the destination itself.

Not only is Carl Fogarty a demon on the track but he is also a King of the Jungle! Foggy is a household name thanks to winning the 2014 - I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here TV show. However his racing career on the track is also extraordinary. He is one of the most successful Superbike racers of all time chalking up 59 victories and 4 World Superbike Championships. Here he is having a right old n...

David is a UK based motor racing journalist. He has written extensively about the Land Speed Record. He was the Formula One correspondent for The Independent. He is one of the founding partners of GrandPrix+, the sport's first e-magazine, with fellow journalist Joe Saward. Here he is in conversation with Steve Cropley talking about his career and his own attempt at a UK Land Speed record.

Maurice Hamilton is an award-winning motor sport journalist, who has been part of the Formula One scene since 1977. After working for the Guardian and Independent newspapers, he became the Observer's motor racing correspondent for 20 years. He edited Autocourse, the Grand Prix annual, and has written more than 20 books, including biographies of James Hunt, Eddie Jordan, Frank Williams and Damon Hi...