Rob Burrow’s final podcast series to be released on BBC Sounds

Rob Burrow Seven Meets, the podcast series celebrating the life and legacy of the late rugby league star is set to be released on BBC Sounds soon.

Recorded before his death from Motor Neurone Disease, Rob’s guests across five episodes include recently retired Lioness Steph Houghton and her husband, former footballer Stephen Darby, who has Motor Neurone Disease.

Rob launched his BBC Radio Leeds podcast Seven last year, where he asked seven questions to sports stars.

Also, on the guestlist are boxer and now coach Ricky Hatton, cricketer Stuart Broad and Rob’s rugby league buddy and MND fundraiser Kevin Sinfield. The conversation between the pair reveals the depth of their friendship and a mutual love of playing pranks.

As always, during the recordings Rob’s wife Lindsey was by her husband’s side and said: “Rob had so much enjoyment recording the podcast.

“He would want people to hear the episodes and the fun and the laughter, that was what Rob was about. He never felt sorry for himself. He just got on with life and I think he’d be proud to have this series out, I really hope people enjoy listening to it and remember what a great guy Rob was.”

The new series, which is produced by BBC Local, will be available on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Leeds from Thursday, 26 September. This is a special date for the Burrow family, as it marks what would have been Rob’s 42nd birthday.

Before the release of the new series, is a special one-off episode available from today (Wednesday, 18 September). In this episode celebrities from series one, such as Wayne Rooney, Jonny Wilkinson and Dame Kelly Holmes, turn the tables on Rob by asking him a question.