The Boat Race Season 2026 Episode 1 - The 171st Boat Race

Airdate: 2026-Apr-04

Episode summary:

Clare Balding presents live coverage of the annual women's and men's rowing races between Oxford and Cambridge Universities on the River Thames. Cambridge's recent dominance of the event continued last year, with them winning their sixth men's race out of the last seven and also claiming their eighth consecutive women's victory.

About The Boat Race series:

Coverage from the River Thames as rowing crews from Oxford and Cambridge Universities race each other over four and a quarter miles from Putney to ...Show more >