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BBC to follow Britain’s Olympic hopefuls in documentary series ‘Olympic Dreams’
MUMBAI: With the 2012 London Olympic Games drawing ever closer, many British athletes will embark on the long journey towards fulfilling their ultimate goal of winning gold in front of a home crowd.
Olympic Dreams is the new BBC Two documentary series which will follow the fortunes of our rising British stars as they endure the hopes and heartaches, troubles and triumphs on the road to London 2012.
Each 45-minute episode will join British hopefuls on their epic quests to win gold including heptathlete Jess Ennis; the elite Coxless Four rowing team of Alex Partridge, Peter Reed, Andy Triggs-Hodge and Steve Williams; gymnasts Lizzie Beddoe, Jessica Hogg and Venus Romaeo; table tennis players Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight; BMX champion Shanaze Reade; cyclist Ben Swift; diver Tom Daley and Paralympic Dressage Champion Lee Pearson.
The series offers an intimate insight into the British athletes’ gruelling training schedules, daily sacrifices, highs of victory, lows of defeat, and the pressure of coping under the weight of growing expectation. With such strong competition not every athlete will make the grade and they must face many rounds of selection and competition to be the best.
On their journey the athletes struggle to overcome a variety of obstacles, ranging from lack of training facilities, nerves, injury and teenage hormones in order to succeed. A second installment of the series will air next year.
In the intervening 12 months, fans can follow the journey of these athletes via BBC Sport’s Olympics website – bbc.co.uk/olympics – through a combination of news, reports, video clips and regular diary entries.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
