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BBC Sports report : a celebration of the world's longest-running sports radio programme

Murphy, Patrick, 1947-2022
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Patrick Murphy has been a reporter on Sports Report 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.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Sport, 2022.
Collation:
viii, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781472994226 (hbk)
Dewey class:
791.446579791.446 MUR
Language:
English
BRN:
3299960
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