Not by the Playbook Episodes Episode guide
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20/06/2026 GMT
Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds
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13/06/2026 GMT
Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds
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Not by the Playbook
Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds
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Pioneering
They say "it can be lonely at the top". Know what's lonelier? Being the first one there!
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Dominance
To win is one thing, to dominate quite another
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"Cold hands, warm heart"
Physically and mentally as cold as ice, but with the most kind-hearted warm character
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What happened next
Four former elite stars now enjoying a very different career to the one you knew them for
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Run for your life
The "Marathon Mum" Beatie Deutsch on running a marathon seven months pregnant.
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Why it's never too late
"It is never too late to be what you might have been" George Elliot.
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Organ-ised chaos
Arguably the most entertaining man in ice hockey, yet he never even gets on the ice!?!
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Clinging on
Athletes that kept hanging in there by the tips of their fingers, to eventual win big
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Risk and fear
The risky, rewarding and surprisingly refined world of downhill skateboarding
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The swan effect
Stories of being cool, calm and controlled, but under the surface working furiously hard
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Doing things differently
Olympic gold medallist Tabby Stoecker on her unique path into a thrilling winter sport
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On top of the world!
Inspiring stories of athletes doing incredible things that'll warm the coldest of hearts
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Turning obstacles into opportunity
When Steve Bate received a life-changing diagnosis he saw an obstacle as an opportunity
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What did you say?
Inspiring athletes who have reached the top because they are masters of communication
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When sport leads somewhere new
Sportspeople taking on new challenges and athletes who鈥檝e swapped stadiums for studios
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Winter Wonderland
Canada's sweet reaction to an act of sportsmanship on winter sports' biggest stage
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Super Bowl: Story of redemption
Behind the scenes to meet those making this event a sporting and cultural phenomenon
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Flying the flag
Iranian skier Samaneh Beyrami Baher on competing at her second Winter Olympics
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Far from an average Joe
Joe Thomas, the record breaking NFL star who has swapped snaps for steaks
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Taking control
From growing up on Skid Row to controlling your destiny and achieving sporting success
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My way
How being told to conform makes some more determined to do it "their way".
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Football is coming!
Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup we look at the fan experience in modern day football
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Not by the Playbook 2025 in review
We look back on a year full of inspirational stories from around the world
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Hockey Night
Inspirational stories from the hockey world. Interviews with people defying the odds
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Hanging around
Dropping in on the man who just broke one of the most death-defying records in sport
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Expect the unexpected
The first woman to win the Paris-Dakar rally, the cult film Escape to Victory, Gail Emms
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Body positive
Reclaiming the right to look fit and healthy in whatever way works
