The World Water Speed Record: The Fast and The Forgotten

• Twoattempts on the record due to take place in the next 12 months.

• Forewordfrom the pilot of one of the British teams making an attempt on the record,Andy Green.

• Authoris a producer on BBC Sport and has a long history in sports journalismincluding working at BBC Radio Lancashire, Leeds, Five Live, Four, Two, One andBBC News 24.

• 50thanniversary of Donald Campbell’s 1964 World Water Speed Record.

• Therebuilt original Bluebird from DonaldCampbell’s fatal 1967 attempt is due to be completed and placed at the RuskinMuseum, Coniston, Cumbria at the end of 2014.

Roy Calley works for BBC Sport as a TV Producer. He is the author of Blackpool: The Complete Record (2011), Hunt for Glory (2011), Blackpool’s 1953 FA Cup Final (2012), The Playboy and the Rat (2013), The World Water Speed Record (2014), On the Trail of Mary, Queen of Scots (2017) and Look with your Eyes and Tell the World (2019). His passion is for speed records, both on land and water, and he hopes that one day he may be able to add a little bit of history of his own. He has been fascinated by Mary, Queen of Scots dramatic and ultimately tragic story for many years and has visited all the locations described in his book. He has visited North Korea many times. He lives in Nice in the south of France and has an in-depth knowledge of the area, including the Principality of Monaco.