"I can't see who's in the lead but it's either Oxford or Cambridge" - John Snagge, Boat Race commentator in 1949. Considered ...

People mill around, chat and drink. Conversation topics include tiramisu, the actor Hugh Laurie being a former Boat Race rower, Canary Wharf boat parties and the high standard of tennis commentary ...

2025 Boat Race The course is four miles ... Blackadder and House actor Hugh Laurie was in the 1980 Cambridge crew, while historian Dan Snow was in the Oxford boat from 1999-2001.

Blackadder and House actor Hugh Laurie was in the 1980 Cambridge crew ... Olympian James Cracknell became the oldest member of a Boat Race crew. He rowed for Cambridge, where he was reading ...

Biography: James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE is an English actor ... a Blue while taking part in the 1980 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Cambridge lost that year by 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in).

The Boat Race returns this weekend and we’re taking a look at some of the notable faces that have been spotted wielding those ...