
Mary Peters in Newcastle, County Down
4 Extra Debut. Olympic gold medallist Dame Mary Peters revisits the coastline 'where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea'. From February 1988.
Ulster's sporting heroine Mary Peters visits her favourite stretch of coastline 'where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea' at Newcastle, County Down.
Dame Mary Peters won Olympic gold winner in the Women's Pentathlon in 1972.
Down Your Way was one of the BBC's longest-running radio series - starting on the BBC Home Service in 1946 and ending its run on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Using a variety of hosts, including Richard Dimbleby and Brian Johnston, the programme toured villages, towns and cities across the UK. At the height of its success in the 1950s, the series was attracting 10 million listeners a week.
Producer: Jill Marshall
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.
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