Le Championnat is a former TV programme on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

. It used to be on Sunday at 7am but it was switched to Saturday and it showed the previous week's action on the current show until the end of the season when it went off air. On the last week of the season it showed the action the following week. In 2007, an alternative programme called 'Goalissimo

Goalissimo

Goalissimo was a television programme on Channel 4. An alternative to Football Italia and French Football, Goalissimo covered a lot of the world's football action...

' came on to Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

. French football action is shown on this programme. Since then French Football highlights have moved to five. http://www.five.tv/tvguide/

Reporters

During the 04/05 season coverage, Gabriel Clarke narrated/reported on the action. He wasn't able to do every single week so he was replaced on occasions by Dave Beckett and Marcus Buckland.

Commentators

The commentators for French Football are Steve Banyard

Steve Banyard

Steve Banyard is a freelance television commentator covering leading football tournaments around the world. In particular, he commentates on the worldwide television feed of the Premier League, as well as major FIFA and UEFA competitions.-Radio:Banyard began his broadcasting career in 1985 as a...

 and Richard Kaufman

Richard Kaufman

Richard Ian Kaufman is an English cricketer. Kaufman is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Kettering, Northamptonshire....

. Banyard took up the role of commentating on two games with Kaufman doing the third main match of the round. Occasionally, Tony Jones

Tony Jones (football reporter)

Tony Jones is a football broadcaster based in England. He has contributed to all the commercial UK broadcasting outlets - Sky Sports, five, Channel 4 and ITV - commentating on everything from the UEFA Champions League to the English non-League.He was part of the Hostbroadcastservices team at...

 has commentated on games, as has Dan O'Hagan

Dan O'Hagan

Dan O'Hagan is a freelance football commentator and TV presenter, who covers the UEFA Champions League for SBS in Australia. Formerly he was the voice of the world feed for the French Football League...

, who is often heard commentating for the BBC on Premier League football.

Co-Commentators

In January 2006, the commentators were joined by a co-commentator. They were Efan Ekoku

Efan Ekoku

Efangwu Goziem "Efan" Ekoku is an English-born Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker.- Playing career :...

, former Wimbledon FC and Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, Stewart Robson

Stewart Robson

Stewart Ian Robson is an English former football player. He now summarises for Arsenal TV and sometimes on TalkSPORT's evening Kick Off Show during the week...

 (a former Arsenal FC player and cricketer), David Pleat

David Pleat

David 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...

 (former Tottenham Hotspur caretaker boss) and Tony Cascarino

Tony Cascarino

Anthony Guy 'Tony' Cascarino is an former association football player who played as a forward for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in the 1988 European Football Championship and two World Cups in 1990 and...

 (a former Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

 international striker). Cascarino was the first co-commentator to be involved with a game. Alongside Steve Banyard, Tony helped out Banyard, in AC Ajaccio

AC Ajaccio

Athletic Club Ajaccio is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of French football, having finished 2nd in the 2010–11 campaign in Ligue 2. The club president is Alain...

's 3-1 vicory over Marseille.

External links

• French Football at Channel4.com