Six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy opens up about his journey with terminal cancer in a new one-hour documentary, Sir Chris Hoy: Cancer, Courage and Me. The programme explores how the mental strength he built as an elite cyclist is now helping him face his illness and inspire others.
The film first aired at 9:10pm on 18 December 2025 and is available on iPlayer, with audio described and sign language versions also offered. It sits alongside a run of BBC documentaries that look at illness and resilience through the lives of well-known figures.
Related titles in the same collection include Living Every Second: The Kris Hallenga Story, a tribute to the breast cancer campaigner, and Ryan Jones: Unbreakable, which examines the former rugby star's career and his experience of dementia. Andy Murray: Will to Win traces the tennis champion's rise from Dunblane, while Lewis Moody's MND Diagnosis sees the former England rugby captain discuss his condition.
Together these programmes show how personal adversity can be met with determination. Hoy's story stands out for the way his athletic discipline becomes a source of strength in facing terminal illness, offering viewers a candid look at courage in the face of the unthinkable.
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