Perhaps the greatest female cyclist the UK has ever produced, Beryl Burton, is the subject of a short biographical film by the BBC as part of a series paying tribute to pioneering women in sport in the run up to International Women's Day on March 8.

Burton dominated women's time trialling and track racing for decades, winning 96 national titles and the best British all-rounder for 25 consecutive years. She picked up seven world titles along the way too.

It's an excellent look at the life and sad, too-early death of a great rider, and well worth three minutes of your time.

Burton is most remembered for one ride in particular: beating all comers, male and female in the 1967 UK national 12-hour time trial. As well as breaking the women's record with a still-unbeaten 277.25 miles, she beat the men's record too.

Her daughter Denise Burton-Cole takes up the story: "The women had set off two minutes behind the men but my mum eventually caught up the men's champion, Mike McNamara.

"She was a little bit embarrassed she caught him because it was unheard of really.

"So, as she was going by, she had some sweeties in her pocket and offered Mike a Liquorice Allsort and he said: 'Yeah, ta love' and off she went."

Actor and playwright Maxine Peake was inspired to write a Radio 4 play about Burton that became a stage production performed during the Grand Depart cultural festival in Leeds.

That play, 'Beryl' will have another run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse this summer and will have a touring run.