

Current Sports Report host Mark Chapman took over from Mark Pougatch, who was the show's longest-running presenter from 2000 until 2016 In the studio, a small team consisting of a producer, an editor, two studio managers, a broadcast assistant and two back-up producers are tasked with liaising with the presenter and everyone out at the grounds. That same sense of responsibility is shared by everyone involved in Sports Report - on air, or behind the scenes. I like to think when the time comes to pass it on, I will leave it in a similar state."

"I am so conscious when I do it of the weight of history behind it, and the remarkable broadcasters that have done it before me and reporters contributing to it. "But there is still that moment when you say that sentence before the music kicks in - you get goosebumps, your hair stands on the back of your neck. Speaking in 2018, Chapman said: "Normally, when you do this kind of thing the more you do it, the more relaxed you become and I am usually quite relaxed. There is always a sense of urgency when you listen to events unfold on Sports Report, but that is nothing compared to the feeling of those involved in making the programme, which is broadcast live and unscripted. Since 2 April 1994 it has been heard on 5 Live, with current presenter Mark Chapman taking over in 2016. Angus Mackay set up Sports Report from scratch - he was the only sports journalist at the BBC when he joined in 1936, when sport was banned from the air until 10pm on Saturday nights Its profile grew in the 1950s and 1960s with Eamonn Andrews at the helm and, after many years on Radio 2, the programme switched to Radio 5 on 1 September 1990. The first episode of Sports Report, advertised as a 'new Saturday feature for sportsmen', was aired on the BBC Light Programme on Saturday, 3 January 1948 and was presented by Raymond Glendenning. It is an easy formula, but the simplest ideas are often the best." 'The Weekly Miracle' "That part of it has not changed - the principle of telling you what has just happened on a Saturday has stayed the same since it started. "What I found with my research was that you can get tucked into the unique nostalgic aspect of the programme, but at the same time you are aware of the immediacy of the thrill of making and listening to it - the news, opinion, interviews or analysis. His book celebrating the history of Sports Report will be released on 29 September Murphy, shown here speaking to then Newcastle boss Steve Bruce in 2020, has been at the BBC since 1974. "What we did when we interviewed Stanley Matthews and Denis Compton then, we are still doing with Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp today - asking them the questions that really matter. "I didn't just want to go through each decade of the show, I wanted to bring stories and anecdotes from the 1950s and 60s to today's audience who weren't even born then, to get them aware of the sweep of the whole thing," Murphy said. Murphy, who has worked on the show since 1981 and is its longest-serving contributor, spent two years compiling his book, interviewing 165 past and present presenters, commentators, reporters and producers. It is only a few weeks since the show made the headlines - rather than reporting them - when it dropped the classified football results, but adapting its format is nothing new it has always embraced change and moved with the times since it first hit the airwaves.īBC journalist Pat Murphy, who has written a new book that chronicles the programme's history, has a unique insight into the story of one of the nation's most beloved sports broadcasts.

42.The iconic music, written by Hubert Bath and entitled Out of the Blue, has been present since the show's inception in 1948, but tradition is not the only reason Sports Report is the world's longest-running sports programme, celebrating its 75th birthday in January. These are our favorite traveling quotes we’ve posted on social media from Twitter to Pinterest. They have always helped to pick us up when we’re down, put life in perspective or just brought a smile to our faces. Short Travel Quotesĭave and I have been gathering quotes about travel for 20 years. So get out there, meet other people and you’ll soon see that people around the world are just like you and me. What we think we know about other places is thrown out the window, once we land on their soil. It helps people understand other cultures and religions. I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will be as one.” ~ John Lennon “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. When we started putting our minds to living a life of travel, we felt the barriers break and soon we were living our dream.
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