Summer Special: George Best, True Genius

No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

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Soccer, Sports

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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#506. There are few players more discussed than George Best. Just days after what would have been Best's 75th birthday, Ed chats to his son Calum about George's life and the new documentary and book, George Best: True Genius. Calum narrates a film that focuses on the football and not "all the other rubbish" as George puts it in the documentary's opening scene.George Best: True Genius from BT Sport Films aired on BT Sport on 26 May and can be found on-demand on the app and digital platforms. The book of the same name is written by Wayne Barton and published by Reach Sport.No Question About That is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music and all good podcast apps. We really appreciate your support. Please hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write us a review! Talk to us on Twitter and Instagram. No Question About That is produced by the award-winning Tom Jenkins. If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing extra content and rewards, check out our Patreon page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the So, Hi Ed here and in the second of our summer specials we're talking to Callum Best.
0:31.4	There's no actual football on at the moment, so we thought we'd
0:34.8	dive back into the past. BT Sport have brought out a film called George Best True Genius and
0:40.8	there's an accompanying book by friend of the show Wayne Barton and it looks back on George's greatest moments in the United Church starting with a player who joined at age 15 and culminating in the 68 cup win and I think it's a nice moment to reflect on the good
0:57.2	moments from George's life who would have been 75 on the 22nd of May and not focus on as George says all the other nonsense.
1:07.0	Anyway this was a fun chat with Callum I really hope you enjoy the film
1:11.1	be it's called George Best.
1:13.2	True Genius, I'm BT Sport, and get it on this app
1:15.8	and the various digital platforms.
1:18.3	And here's my conversation.
1:20.9	All right, so I have Call and Best with me here. He's the narrator for the brand new BT Sport film George Best True Genius and supported the book of the same name by Wayne Barton friend of the show.
1:33.0	Callum really great to talk to you.
1:35.5	Absolute pleasure mate.
1:36.5	Thank you very much for having me.
1:38.0	And how good is Wayne as an author?
1:41.0	He writes in.
1:42.0	Yeah, yeah, we've been he's friend of the show for a long time so he's talked about a number of his books on here and I've known him for for many years. So yeah, it's great he could do this one that time yeah I actually couldn't ask for a better scenario
1:54.9	not only is he united mad but he also knew every detail about my dad there was to know
2:00.8	which made this whole experience that much enjoyable.
2:03.6	Yeah, the film opened.
2:05.4	So congratulations, by the way, on the film,
2:08.1	and I'm sure people will really enjoy it.
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