Superstars: Jacks vs Thompson (pt 1 of 4)

[@howey935]

I started doing judo when I was 8 because of Brian Jacks and watching him on superstars.

[@cc-ic7rj]

Why can't they bring this back these guys were role models for me and got me into sport and down the sports centre ...The kids need this type of thing today !!

[@chrispii47]

Iconic music , iconic competitors!!

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Thanks for uploading this. I loved this programme when I was a kid and Daley Thompson was my idol.

[@johnwilkinson3597]

I remember watching this with my dad brian jacks was an absolute monster on the dips.

[@geoffdillon4637]

Ahhh! The really good old days. When they just......got on with it!

[@davidsanderson5918]

Geoff Dillon Yeah none of this relentless "coming up next" and montages of things before they show it proper.

[@quizman1967]

Fantastic! So sad that we've now lost David Vine as well as Ron Pickering. The Heaven Olympics now has one supreme commentary box!

[@MichaelPower-m7t]

Remember Kevin Keegan coming off a bike his shoulder like a cheese grater still got back on bike and competed don't make sportsman of this calibre anymore 👍🏻

[@chamb2008]

Daley Thompson was my olympic idol as a kid

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Really wish they would bring this back! It was Awesome!!

[@fozziebear26]

Ahhh....good times loved this show They should ask retired stars to do it Daley came to my school back in the day....the place went mad😊

[@paddy9i99]

Back when the BBC knew what sport meant. Not the showbiz nonsense they stuff down out throats, 'presenters' who are up their own arses . . . need I go on?

[@petermcmanus6338]

I watched this in Cwmbran at the time. I was 18 or 19. Really good memories.

[@71MWhite]

‘Alan minters going for the rhododendrons’ ! 😂

[@paulcolville5972]

Great trip down memory lane here, Superstars was a staple back then! (Altho this is 1979 not 1980, I just checked in Alan Minters autobiography!👍)

[@al488j]

Great competitors, loved this show.

[@rickogden204]

Back when shorts were really short

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Ron pickering david vine legends esp ron pickering

[@leej8119]

Wow this is great, I've never seen it before, it's a shame the amateurs don't get to keep the money they win though.

[@hazelwalsh3269]

I loved this show! But it really wasn’t fair to make Thompson ride on his own!

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Not fair that Daley Thompson had to ride on his own. He had no-one to race against! Grrrrrr

[@Violasax]

As a teenage girl with an overdose of hormones, this programme certainly fuelled my imagination!

[@cquilty1]

lightning1975 Ha! Good observation. Also note the church going type lady giving all the athletes a good ol' push on their bikes. Probably makes a lovely cuppa and a ham sandwich.

[@cquilty1]

quizman1967 Surely you jest, Pickering and Vine were bloody awful, though to their credit they no doubt helped inspire Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge character.