BBC Archive | 1978: DRIVEN by OBSSESSION with SPEED | The Blonde Bombshell | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Barry Bowles is obsessed by speed. An eccentric English amateur driven by passion, he is determined to break the Land Speed Record.

The beach at the Welsh village of Pendine is six miles long – plenty of room to get up to a great speed. And it’s there that Barry is bringing the Blonde Bombshell, his rocket engine-powered vehicle.

But without big money or a big organisation behind him, is he taking his life in his hands? And what is he prepared to sacrifice along the way?



Clip taken from The Blonde Bombshell, originally broadcast on BBC One, Friday 18 August, 1978.





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