Belarus: Meet a medieval reboot band and a BATE Borisov star

We travel to Belarus to discover the music and football of one of Eastern Europe’s most fascinating countries. Stary Olsa, a lively Minsk six piece, tell us about keeping alive the medieval music of The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the vast state which had Belarus at its heart. They play all kinds of unusual instruments in their studio lined with armoury for us, and there’s even a surprise waiting in their bagpipe case. And we meet BATE Borisov’s central defensive rock Denis Polyakov after a match against Torpedo Minsk to discuss playing in the Champions League and for Belarus.