Barbara and Dawn's story/The Christie - Great Manchester Run, Film Nova/BBC Sport, 2026

On assignment for Film Nova, a film I directed as a VT insert for BBC Sport's live network coverage of the 2026 Great Manchester Run.
Barbara Leonard has run in every edition of the Great Manchester Run since it began in 2003, raising thousands of pounds for charity. This year she found herself running for The Christie, a cancer hospital at which her daughter Dawn is being treated for incurable cancer.
DOP Tom Reece.