On Drugs: Performance Enhancing Drugs

Comedian Jacob Hawley explores the UK drugs scene, looking at the murky world of doping and Performance Enhancing Drugs.

This week, he hears why people cheat from UK Athletics’ Ed Warner, what is being done to combat it from UK Anti-Doping’s Emily Robinson, what it feels like to compete under strict regulations from Olympic Gold Medal winning Luke Campbell and why people use Anabolic Steroids from TM Cycles’ Thomas Maw.

Jacob Hawley is a Silver ARIA-winning, BBC New Comedy Award Finalist, as seen on BBC3 and heard on BBC Radio 4.

If you’ve been affected by any of the issues discussed in this podcast, you can find help and support here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kS7QTDB16PWkywhsXJLzxz/information-and-support-addiction-alcohol-drugs-and-gambling

Jacob Hawley: On Drugs is a BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds. Art by Made Up Music by Buddy Peace Producer: Nick Coupe