Sport on Four

Sport on Four was a popular, long-running BBC radio sports programme aired on BBC Radio 4 between 30 April 1977[1] and 4 April 1998.[2] Its original presenter was Welsh former cricketer Tony Lewis. In the early years the programme ran from 0810 until 0845, but was later moved to the 0905-0930 slot.

In 1986 a series of guest presenters led Sport on 4, including Chris Rae, Harry Carpenter, David Coleman, Ian Wooldridge, Chris Brasher, Ron Pickering, Barry Davies, Des Lynam and others. Eventually, Cliff Morgan - who had just retired as a senior BBC TV Executive - took over the presenter's role in the Spring of 1987 and remained at the helm until the programme came to an end with schedule changes in April 1998.

Other BBC sports reporters and correspondents who contributed to the programme included Tony Adamson, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Gary Richardson, Ian Robertson, Renton Laidlaw, Peter Bromley, Peter Jones, Bryon Butler, John Inverdale and others. Its theme tune used an extract from The Shuffle by Van McCoy. Sport on Four was replaced in the new Radio 4 schedule by John Peel's Home Truths from 11 April 1998.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 FM - 30 April 1977 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 FM - 4 April 1998 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  3. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 FM - 11 April 1998 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-03.


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