Sahara with Michael Palin
S04E02 Idylls of a Running Back
Title: Idylls of a Running Back Plot: A star running back, Elvin "Colossus of" Rhodes, is shot by a young woman upon opening his hotel door. The media speculates that he was having an affair, leading to scandal and public outrage. However, Rhodes vehemently denies knowing the unassuming waitress. Despite his protests, evidence such as hotel records and gift receipts suggests a hidden romance, causing his carefully constructed life to spiral out of control as he fights to clear his name and salvage his reputation.
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Idylls of a Running Back
Daughter, Am I in My Father's House?
And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...
Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy
Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring
Go Fight City Hall
Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long
Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona
A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!
Dust Devil on a Quiet Street
The Virtues of Madame Douvay
King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Table
Spectre of the Rose Street Gang
Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It
Her Life in Moving Pictures
Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow
The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree
Beyond This Place There Be Dragons
A Man Without a Skin
Prime of Life
Bringing Far Places Together
The Highest of Prizes
Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant
Stop the Parade, a Baby Is Crying!
On the Battlefront, Every Minute Is Important
Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle
No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!
Carrier
Color Schemes Like Never Before
The S.S. American Dream
One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski
Golden Lads and Girls
Barefoot on a Bed of Coals