5 Live Sport
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5 Live Sport is the flagship sports programme on BBC Radio Five Live
and part of the BBC Sport
division. It broadcasts daily, 7pm - 10.30pm Monday - Thursday, 7pm -10pm Friday, 12noon - 6pm Weekends. The regular presenters are Mark Pougatch
(Tuesday,Wednesday and Saturday), Mark Chapman (Monday), Eleanor Oldroyd
(Thursday), Colin Murray
(Friday and Sunday)
around 1970 and then transferred over as Sport on 5 on BBC Radio 5
in 1990 and BBC Radio Five Live
since 1994. The show featured the major sports events each Saturday afternoon with updates from the major footballing fixtures and second half commentary on a top match. The location of the commentary game would usually be revealed around 3pm. Sports Report
followed Sport on 2/Sport on 5 at 5pm.
Television now has more influence on sporting fixtures and kick-off times, so the format of Sport on 5 has evolved to keep pace with major sporting events. While its television equivalent Grandstand
was cancelled after 48 years, Sport on 5, which was renamed Five Live Sport in 2006, has survived and thrived. It has been extended to be broadcast several nights per week in addition to its traditional Saturday afternoon transmissions.
is the main sport broadcast. Five Live Sport during the week consists of sports chat and debate, such as the Monday Night Club. If there is football during the week, such as UEFA Champions League
, UEFA Europa League, mid-week Premier League, Carling Cup
, Championship
games or international matches, then they are broadcast. However, news concerning many other sports are aired. Until 2010, three matches were heard in full on Saturdays, i.e, Premier League kick-offs at 12:45, 3:00 and 5:30. But from 2010-2013 at the earliest, TalkSport
have the national radio rights to broadcast the late 5:30 game, meaning that only two games are heard on Five Live Sport on Saturdays at 12.45 & 3.00pm, and sometimes only one game if there is no 12.45pm game scheduled. This means Sports Report
broadcasts at 5:00 PM for an hour and then 606
broadcasts at 6:00 PM, reverting to times when a 5:00 PM game was not scheduled by the Premier League. At 3:00 o'clock, there is a main commentary at one of the games, yet there are constant contributions and updates from all the other Premier League games, some Championship games and one or two games from Scotland
, while games from the lower leagues are constantly monitored. Then after the games end, Sports Report
at 5:00 PM then summarizes the day's action and gets reaction from managers and players, before broadcasting the 5:30 game. Sundays may then have one or two Premier League games, one at 1.30, then one at 4.00. This however varies depending on the UEFA Europa League the previous Thursday. However, TalkSport gained the national radio rights for the 1.30 kick offs on Sundays as well from 2010-2013, meaning that Five Live Sport has only one game to broadcast at 4:00 PM.
As well as football, any sport that broadcasts on Five Live goes under the Five Live Sport banner. Exceptions to these are sports events that either occur all day, such as The Open Golf Championship
, Wimbledon Tennis
, or those that happen in the middle of the night, like the American Football
Super Bowl
. See BBC Radio Five Live
for a full list.
Because Five Live Sport covers a huge number of football matches, it has a huge number of commentators to cover them.
It also has a huge array of summarisers, such as
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
and part of the BBC Sport
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
division. It broadcasts daily, 7pm - 10.30pm Monday - Thursday, 7pm -10pm Friday, 12noon - 6pm Weekends. The regular presenters are Mark Pougatch
Mark Pougatch
Mark Pougatch is a freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who works mainly as a sports presenter for the BBC.-Early life:...
(Tuesday,Wednesday and Saturday), Mark Chapman (Monday), Eleanor Oldroyd
Eleanor Oldroyd
Eleanor Oldroyd is an English sports broadcaster with BBC Radio.Eleanor Oldroyd was educated at Oxford High School. She was married to fellow BBC sports presenter Nick Mullins and has two children. She started her career at BBC Radio Shropshire before moving to London in 1988...
(Thursday), Colin Murray
Colin Murray
Colin Murray is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. He is the current host of the BBC Television show Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, and the BBC Radio 5 Live shows 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk, as well as a show on BBC Radio Ulster. He has previously hosted regular...
(Friday and Sunday)
Origins
Five Live Sport has evolved from the Saturday afternoon radio sports anthology show Sport on 2 which started on BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
around 1970 and then transferred over as Sport on 5 on BBC Radio 5
BBC Radio 5 (former)
BBC Radio 5 was a BBC radio network that carried sport, children's and educational programmes.It was transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz, and lasted for three years and eight months. The success of BBC Radio 4's coverage of the Gulf War, on a service known as Scud FM,...
in 1990 and BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
since 1994. The show featured the major sports events each Saturday afternoon with updates from the major footballing fixtures and second half commentary on a top match. The location of the commentary game would usually be revealed around 3pm. Sports Report
Sports Report
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio. It started in the first week of 1948, and has always been aired from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m...
followed Sport on 2/Sport on 5 at 5pm.
Television now has more influence on sporting fixtures and kick-off times, so the format of Sport on 5 has evolved to keep pace with major sporting events. While its television equivalent Grandstand
Grandstand (BBC)
Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year.Its first presenter was Peter Dimmock...
was cancelled after 48 years, Sport on 5, which was renamed Five Live Sport in 2006, has survived and thrived. It has been extended to be broadcast several nights per week in addition to its traditional Saturday afternoon transmissions.
Current format
For the large part of the season, footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
is the main sport broadcast. Five Live Sport during the week consists of sports chat and debate, such as the Monday Night Club. If there is football during the week, such as UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, UEFA Europa League, mid-week Premier League, Carling Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
, Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
games or international matches, then they are broadcast. However, news concerning many other sports are aired. Until 2010, three matches were heard in full on Saturdays, i.e, Premier League kick-offs at 12:45, 3:00 and 5:30. But from 2010-2013 at the earliest, TalkSport
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
have the national radio rights to broadcast the late 5:30 game, meaning that only two games are heard on Five Live Sport on Saturdays at 12.45 & 3.00pm, and sometimes only one game if there is no 12.45pm game scheduled. This means Sports Report
Sports Report
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio. It started in the first week of 1948, and has always been aired from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m...
broadcasts at 5:00 PM for an hour and then 606
606
Year 606 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 606 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* Shashanka is the first recorded independent...
broadcasts at 6:00 PM, reverting to times when a 5:00 PM game was not scheduled by the Premier League. At 3:00 o'clock, there is a main commentary at one of the games, yet there are constant contributions and updates from all the other Premier League games, some Championship games and one or two games from Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, while games from the lower leagues are constantly monitored. Then after the games end, Sports Report
Sports Report
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio. It started in the first week of 1948, and has always been aired from 5.00 to 6.00 p.m...
at 5:00 PM then summarizes the day's action and gets reaction from managers and players, before broadcasting the 5:30 game. Sundays may then have one or two Premier League games, one at 1.30, then one at 4.00. This however varies depending on the UEFA Europa League the previous Thursday. However, TalkSport gained the national radio rights for the 1.30 kick offs on Sundays as well from 2010-2013, meaning that Five Live Sport has only one game to broadcast at 4:00 PM.
As well as football, any sport that broadcasts on Five Live goes under the Five Live Sport banner. Exceptions to these are sports events that either occur all day, such as The Open Golf Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
, Wimbledon Tennis
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
, or those that happen in the middle of the night, like the American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
. See BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
for a full list.
Presenters
- Nigel Adderley
- Alistair Bruce-Ball
- Ian Dennis
- Jacqui OatleyJacqui OatleyJacqueline Anne "Jacqui" Oatley is a British sports broadcaster for BBC Sport, reporting and commentating mostly on football. She is best known for being the first female commentator on Match of the Day...
- Alan Green
- Mike InghamMike InghamMike Ingham, MBE is a British football commentator and broadcaster.-Early life:He grew up in Duffield and Quarndon , and attended The Herbert Strutt School in Belper, then a grammar school...
- John MurrayJohn Murray (sports broadcaster)John Murray is an English sports broadcaster and commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live.- Biography :John Murray was brought up on a family farm in Northumberland, which straddles Hadrian's Wall. He was educated at Haydon Bridge High School and studied geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter....
- Conor McNamaraConor McNamaraConor McNamara is an association football commentator who lives in Limerick, Ireland. He works for BBC Radio 5 Live.McNamara studied at the Marquette University. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Business Studies from University College Dublin...
- Ian Brown
- Darren Fletcher
- Roddy Forsyth
- Simon BrothertonSimon BrothertonSimon Brotherton is a principal football commentator for the BBC, appearing on Match of the Day and BBC Radio Five Live.Brotherton was still at school when he began his career with BBC local radio and developed further while he was studying at Birmingham University where he joined Birmingham's...
- John MotsonJohn MotsonJohn Walker Motson OBE ,AKA Motty, is an English football commentator on both television and radio as well a well known moter. He made his name as 'Moty' after he moted out the entire Huddersfield huddersfield cheerleaders team. writer.-Biography:The son of a Methodist minister, Motson was educated...
- Dave Woods
- David Oates
It also has a huge array of summarisers, such as
- Graham Taylor
- Chris WaddleChris WaddleChristopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
- Steve ClaridgeSteve ClaridgeStephen Edward Claridge is an English football player, pundit and coach. He is currently a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and the The Football League Show, whilst also playing as a striker for semi-professional team Gosport Borough.Claridge's career is known for its...
- Mark LawrensonMark LawrensonMark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional football player, a defender in the Liverpool and Irish football teams of the 1980s; he since became a radio, television and internet pundit for the BBC and Today FM. He was born in England, but played for the Republic of Ireland because his...
- Mark BrightMark BrightMark Abraham Bright is a former English footballer who is now a sports pundit and BBC London's sport presenter, as well as a coach at Crystal Palace....
- Terry ButcherTerry ButcherTerence Ian "Terry" Butcher is an English football manager and former player. He was a highly successful football player and made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in a ten-year international career...
- Jimmy ArmfieldJimmy ArmfieldJames Christopher "Jimmy" Armfield, CBE, DL is an English former professional football player and manager who currently works as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right back...
- David PleatDavid PleatDavid John Pleat is an English football player turned manager and sports commentator.He is remembered by his contemporaries primarily for his career as manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town football clubs, and for an oft-televised clip of him running onto the pitch in 1983 to celebrate after...
- Gavin PeacockGavin PeacockGavin Keith Peacock is a former English professional football player who played primarily in midfield but often as a striker...
- Lee DixonLee DixonLee Michael Dixon is a former English professional footballer born in Manchester.He formed part of the Arsenal defence from the late 1980s, through till 2002. He was capped 22 times for England, scoring once....
- Danny MillsDanny MillsDaniel John Mills is a former English professional footballer best known for his time at Leeds United. His main position was right-back, though he could also play as central defender...
- Matt HollandMatt HollandMatthew Rhys "Matt" Holland is a former English-born Irish footballer, who represented Republic of Ireland at international level...
- Jan Molby
- Graeme MurtyGraeme MurtyGraeme Stuart Murty is a footballer. He has made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for York City, Reading, Charlton Athletic and Southampton...
- Pat NevinPat NevinPatrick Kevin Francis Michael "Pat" Nevin is a retired Scottish footballer. In a 20-year career, he played for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell as a winger. Nevin was a fans' favourite at Chelsea during the 1980s...
- Leroy RoseniorLeroy RoseniorLeroy Rosenior is a professional football coach and pundit. He is a former professional footballer whose clubs included Fulham, Queens Park Rangers , Bristol City and West Ham United.As one of the few black football managers in England, Rosenior has spoken openly about the racism...
- Ray ParlourRay ParlourRaymond "Ray" Parlour , is a retired English footballer. He spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. During his Arsenal career he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé"; although the nickname was given with an ironic sense of humour, on account of his solid performance but...
- Robbie SavageRobbie SavageRobert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...
- Perry GrovesPerry GrovesPerry Groves is a former English footballer, known chiefly for his time at Arsenal. He was a fast-paced player who usually played as winger, and occasionally as a striker...