How the BBC’s sport coverage lost its way

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youreds1986

Geoff Thomas
EmmersonForest4 said:
Question of Sport was dying anyway but getting rid of Barker, Dawson and Tuffnel just sped it up by 10. Its like the BBC dosent have a clue what a target audience is anymore or what it wants.
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Question of Sport 'was dying' and so should have just stuck with the existing hosts and format?
 
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youreds1986

Geoff Thomas
I agree that it was disgraceful that the BBC went the diversity route when they appointed the 50 year old white man, Paddy McGuinness, as host.
 
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Berkshire Red

Jack Armstrong
Monkman said:
The article is automatically wrong as it's (a) in the Torygraph and (b) calls for the return of QoS, probably the most cringingly unfunny-but-thinks-it's-funny programme of all time.
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Do the lefty rags criticise the Beeb? Everyone should.

QoS was good, when Coleman was on it. Aaaah, when I were a lad.
 
Lefkasman

Lefkasman

Ian Bowyer
Grenville 1898 said:
Need to bring this back... Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Rollerball Rocco, Catweazle, Pat Roach, Kendo Nagasaki, Dynamite Kid, Kung Fu.

I met Giant Haystacks, giant of a man... 6 feet 11 inches, 48 stone.
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Les Kellet and Billy 2 Rivers were my heroes. You couldn't tell my mams mate it was fixed, she'd go bananas.

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Redemption

Redemption

Agenda Benda
Alf-engelos Mindminackers said:
Trust in true broadcasters, not ex-athletes
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Give me a MOTD example?

The only 'true broadcaster' on MOTD in my lifetime was Lynam, who was presenter in the early Prem years when they started down the analysis track with Hansen and Lawro.

Others have stood in for Lineker, Gaby Logan and Chappers. Are they your high water mark?

Jimmy Hill was the first presenter I remember in the 70s.

I'm sure the owd buggers will regale us with pre-Coleman era when the presenters had RP accents.
 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers

Alf-engelos Mindminackers

The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Redemption said:
Give me a MOTD example?

The only 'true broadcaster' on MOTD in my lifetime was Lynam, who was presenter in the early Prem years when they started down the analysis track with Hansen and Lawro.

Others have stood in for Lineker, Gaby Logan and Chappers. Are they your high water mark?

Jimmy Hill was the first presenter I remember in the 70s.

I'm sure the owd buggers will regale us with pre-Coleman era when the presenters had RP accents.
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John Motson, Barry Davies etc.

It's all there in the article.
 
Lefkasman

Lefkasman

Ian Bowyer
Redemption said:
Give me a MOTD example?

The only 'true broadcaster' on MOTD in my lifetime was Lynam, who was presenter in the early Prem years when they started down the analysis track with Hansen and Lawro.

Others have stood in for Lineker, Gaby Logan and Chappers. Are they your high water mark?

Jimmy Hill was the first presenter I remember in the 70s.

I'm sure the owd buggers will regale us with pre-Coleman era when the presenters had RP accents.
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Owd buggers. Cheeky young whipper snapper I resemble that remark

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Redemption

Redemption

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Alf-engelos Mindminackers said:
John Motson, Barry Davies etc.

It's all there in the article.
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They're commentators.

Lynam is bemoaning the lacknof broadcasters on the front line of presenting.

TBH, the article is a bit whiny. Owd gets bemoaning their lost triumphs.

But some of the great voices of Sport were ex sports people.

Jimmy Hill, Sue Barker, Brough Scott, etc.

This is not exclusively an issue for Sport. Loads of TV that used to be presented by 'professionals' is today presented by Comedians, for example.
 
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