Your name: Benedict Eccles, Artistic Producer
Role: My job is to make the show happen, by choosing the production, selecting the team and finding the money.
On a scale of 1-10 how sporty are you? 7.5
If you were to compete in the Olympics, what would you be up for? Gymnastics – I used to throw myself around quite a bit when I was young!
What would you ABSOLUTELY NOT be up for? Women’s synchronised swimming.
Who is your sporting hero? Mohammed Ali, Jesse Owens and Martin Johnson
What was the last sporting event you went to see/watched on TV? I went to watch England play live in the last two rugby World Cup finals.
What is your funniest sports memory? Playing a squash coach who was thrashing me. At one stage he whispered, ‘you’re playing the devil, watch out!’