Battle of the Sexes - The Catherine Whitaker Review; Sexism and Attitudes To Sexual Orientation - Where Is Tennis Now?
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The 1973 Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs was a landmark event in so many ways, and this cinematic telling of the story has been reviewed extensively in recent months. But not by Catherine Whitaker of The Tennis Podcast. Not until now.
In this special edition podcast, Catherine gives her verdict on the film as a piece of entertainment, including her views on the performances of Emma Stone as Billie Jean King and Steve Carrell as Bobby Riggs.
Catherine and David Law also discuss sexism and attitudes to sexual orientation in tennis, how far we have come, and how far we still have to go.
The Tennis Podcast is presented by broadcasters Catherine Whitaker (Eurosport, BBC 5 Live) and David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport). It is produced weekly throughout the year, and daily at the Grand Slam tournaments, in association with Telegraph Sport and Eurosport. www.TheTennisPodcast.net
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Elojina Relic. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm John McAnerid. I'm Bjornborg. |
| 0:03.9 | I'm Razy. |
| 0:04.7 | This is Martina and Navratelova. |
| 0:06.2 | This is Mark Fulbs. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:08.2 | You're listening to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:21.7 | Well, hello and welcome to the tennis podcast. |
| 0:23.5 | Brought to you an association with a telegraph |
| 0:25.4 | and with Euro Sport, a very merry Christmas one and all |
| 0:29.3 | wherever you may be listening to us and a happy new year of 2018. |
| 0:33.3 | The tennis season is very nearly upon us for another year. |
| 0:37.2 | We can't wait. Catherine Whittick-Royne. |
| 0:38.9 | We're still in the partner exchanges where we live when we're not at home, |
| 0:42.9 | eating turkey and all that stuff. |
| 0:44.3 | I mean, it almost literally is where I live, Deft. |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah, it is just over the road. |
| 0:47.7 | You know, I'm the one who has to do all the heavy lifting and go, |
| 0:49.8 | you know, train after train. |
| 0:51.4 | Anyway, enough of that. |
| 0:52.8 | We are here for a special edition of the tennis podcast |
| 0:56.1 | because frankly, there's nothing else tennis related |
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