{"product_id":"bbc-sports-report-a-celebration-of-the-worlds-longest-running-sports-radio-programme","title":"BBC Sports Report: A Celebration of the World's Longest-Running Sports Radio Programme: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF \u003ci\u003eBBC SPORTS REPORT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Opens the doors to one of the great radio institutions.' \u003c\/b\u003e– Dan Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute joy to read.' \u003c\/b\u003e– John Inverdale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'That opening tune always quickens the pulse.'\u003c\/b\u003e – Henry Winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSports Report\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast in 1948, \u003ci\u003eSports Report\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSports Report\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on unique access from the BBC Archives Unit, he highlights memorable moments from \u003ci\u003eSports Report\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaterstones Best Books of 2022 – Sport\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46580885258450,"sku":"9781472994226","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_0cdfe462-e954-4728-8ff6-de90d24ce8ff.jpg?v=1762855226","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/bbc-sports-report-a-celebration-of-the-worlds-longest-running-sports-radio-programme","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}