Sport

1971: What on Earth is JOGGING? | Nationwide | Niche sports | BBC Archive

admin242 views



“Jogging – the latest American import.”

Bob Wellings is up at the crack of dawn, to join Ernest Marples MP in Hyde Park for a spot of jogging. What is this mysterious “jogging”? How do you do it? Why do you do it?

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 5 June, 1971.

You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults.

Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive – https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1

You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website – https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive

source

Related posts

British Sports Presenters Who Died

Lawyer On Diddy’s Case SPEAKS OUT About S*X TAPES! | TMZ Live Clips

This Move Could Change EVERYTHING For the Arizona Cardinals! | Should They Pursue Trey Hendrickson?

24 comments

@pdoot January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Actual footage of me talking at my non sporty friends
@Johnconno January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Jogging?
It's called Wild Running.
@harryhill8543 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
""Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or yogging. It might be a soft j. I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild" - Ron Burgundy 2004.
@las10plagas January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
'fun' fact:
the 'inventer' of jogging died because of jogging.
daily jogging is bad for your back. he died during a surgery on his back.
at least that's what I once heard...
@AndrewPawley11 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Marples was a total dick. He ruined the railways for generations to come.
@hopebgood January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
I used to hate cross-country running at my old grammar school and when we played football it was like that scene from Kes.
@redbeki January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Wow, jogging an American import.. I never knew that!
@cashawX10 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Oh my, didn't Ernest have an interesting life in the years after this film. Obviously the jogging left in in good stead for his future endeavors....
@db7109 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
a touch of alan partridge about this reporter
@richardjames3356 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Nothing honourable about Ernest Marples.

He's the bugger that commissioned the Beeching Report that closed down so many railways whilst owning a road construction company.... snout well in the trough.
@oddnuts5764 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
I went round Hyde park recently and there were plenty of "D"'s painted on the trees.
@octaviussludberry9016 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
55 mil....55 yards pmsl
@frankshailes3205 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Jim Fixx was one of millions of Americans who started running in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Unlike other runners, however, Fixx wrote a best-selling book about running and, ironically, died of a heart attack at the age of 52 years while running.
@AndrewG975 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Ernest Marples is such a name of its era.
@a1white January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Next week, we learn about the new trend of "Walking"
@Tsogoh January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
And remember, jogging is invented by sport shoes companies to sell more sport shoes.
@darrenwilson8042 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
The originator of the craze was an American Jim Fixx. He passed away of a heart attack aged just 52 ............. whilst out a jog
@kelechi_77 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
juggin'
@mattsan70 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
It will never catch on
@FlibDokky January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
it's fascinating watching all these new things be introduced into England over the years
@nickmonkey284 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
England when it was still charming
@MichaelBosley January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
It’ll never catch on.
@samlewis4948 January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
"In later life, Marples was elevated to the peerage before fleeing to Monaco at very short notice to avoid prosecution for tax fraud." Classic Tory
@rosstocher January 16, 2025 - 6:57 am
Well he died 7 years after this at age 70.

Comments are closed.

Add Comment