Helen Pidd

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269 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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Full Story · Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

But one of the most remarkable ones is to do with his matched

claim to have run marathons and raise a huge amount of money for charity. matched

Tell us about that. matched

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So broken his leg basically. matched

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And at the time was anybody doing the maths and thinking, hang on a minute, there are very, very few top level runners, endurance runners, who could complete this feat even if they weren't injured. matched

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Incredible, you might think, in the very true sense of the word. matched

And didn't he also claim on various occasions to have run six hundred miles in six days? matched

And then I know that you also asked him about his claim to have raised like five million pounds. matched

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And then and there's another of his claims that really struck me, and that was remarks that he made during a talk about having taken part in a program, a T V programme called Seven Up. matched

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They started filming in the nineteen sixties, didn't they? matched

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And I mean there are other examples, aren't they? matched

He claimed to have worked for water aid overseas. matched

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