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BBC Sports Report
A Celebration of the World's Longest-Running Sports Radio Programme: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
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BBC Sports Report is ideal for sports fans, radio enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the history of British sport and broadcasting. Its detailed yet accessible approach suits readers who appreciate behind-the-scenes stories and the culture of sport in the UK.
THE OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF BBC SPORTS REPORT
Sports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR
Sports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution, and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.
For nearly 75 years, one BBC programme has been a constant factor in chronicling the way sport is covered, in all its many facets. It has been a window on the sporting world all over the globe—packed tightly into every Saturday evening for the bulk of the year.
First broadcast in 1948, Sports Report is the longest-running radio sporting programme in the world and one of the BBC’s hardy perennials. Pat Murphy has been a reporter on the programme since 1981, and here he sifts comprehensively through the experiences of his contemporaries and those who made their mark on Sports Report in earlier decades.
He hears from commentators, reporters, producers, presenters, and the production teams who regularly achieved the broadcasting miracle of getting a live programme on air, without a script, adapting as the hour of news, reaction, and comment unfolded.
Drawing on unique access from the BBC Archives Unit, he highlights memorable moments from Sports Report, details the challenges faced in getting live interviews on air from draughty, noisy dressing-room areas and celebrates the feat of just a small production team in the studio who, somehow, get the show up and running every Saturday, with the clock ticking implacably on.
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Praised as the perfect voice to tell this story, bestselling author Lee Child calls it "the living history of a huge part of all our lives." Dan Walker highlights how the book reveals the love and effort behind the programme. Mark Pougatch finds Murphy's engaging style continues in this work, while Henry Winter praises its insight and inspiration. Joe Root notes its deep connection to British sport, and John Inverdale describes it as "an absolute joy to read," packed with superb anecdotes and marvellous characters.
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ISBN: 9781472994219
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 September 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Sport
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 227g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Patrick Murphy is a celebrated BBC journalist and the longest-serving regular contributor to Sports Report. He started in November, 1981, specialising in cricket and football, and is famed for his many jousts with difficult members of the football industry. Murphy has been involved in 44 sports books, including acclaimed biographies of Ian Botham and Brian Clough.
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