The Four Minute Mile

For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952 Helsinki Olympics present an exciting challenge. But events help set them on the path to something even more memorable than an Olympic gold medal - the race to break the four-minute mile....

Richard Huw

(Roger Bannister)

Nique Needles

Adrian Rawlins

(Chris Chataway)

John Philbin

Michael York

(Franz Stampfl)

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

(Denis Johannson)

Tracy Mann

Robert Burbage

(Chris Brasher)

Adrian Dunbar

(Norris McWhirter)

Richard Wilson

(Harold Abrahams)

Mark Pennell

(Don MacMillan)

Ralph Cotterill

(Percy Cerutty)

John O'May

Stuart McCreery

Chuck Faulkner

(American Athletics Official)

Charles Tingwell

Joe Dolce

(American Athletics Official)

John Tordoff

Duke Bannister

(American Athletics Official)

Geoffrey Church

(Student Athlete)

Geoffrey Baird

(Australian Journalist)

Nicholas Hewetson

(Medical Student)

Cliff Ellen

Martin Girvan

(Hammer Thrower)

Nicholas Donovan

(Chairman of Oxford University Athletic Club)

Peter Harvey-Wright

(Melbourne University Academic)

Ian Flintoff

(BBC Interviewer)

Teddy Kempner

(American Journalist)

Edwin Craig

(American Journalist)

John Flanagan

Tim Bentinck

(Finnish Announcer)

Vincent Marzello

(American Journalist)

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Alan Cassell

Michael O'Reilly

Timothy Keegan

Peter Lane

Reg Gorman

(Vancouver Journalist)

Geneviève Picot

(Marjorie Jackson)

Colwyn Roberts

(Vancouver Journalist)

Joanne Canning

(Winsome Cripps)

John Murphy

(Vancouver Journalist)

John Larking

(Vancouver Journalist)

Geoffrey Pullan

(Vancouver Journalist)

Martin Redpath

(British Photographer)

Jacek Koman

Dalibor Satalic

(Finnish Announcer)

Albie Woodington

(British Journalist)

Kevin Costello

(British Journalist)

Michael Greatorex

Peter Andrews

(Canadian Mountie)

Harry Parkinson

(British Journalist)

Dawn Ellis

(British Journalist)

Gary Files

(Dr Hiddleston)

Kurt Geyer

Duncan Gould

(British Journalist)

Ray Ashcroft

(British Journalist)

Tim Evans

(Marine Commanding Officer)

John Lee

(English Doctor)

Rosemary Martin

Paul Davison

(Murray Halberg)

Laurie Dobson

(Milk Bar Proprieter)

Graham Dow

(Australian Starter)

Andrew Wallin

Perry Atfield

(Canadian Announcer)

Brian O'Callaghan

(Australian Time Keeper)

James Shaw

(Canadian Producer)

George Trotman

(Australian Referee)

John McTernan

(Dave Garroway)

Peter Tabor

Len Kaserman

(California Interviewer)

Esme Melville

Charles Collingwood

William Russell

Robin Daglish