{"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 [2022] hardback","description":"\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","brand":"Murphy, Pat","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44203541889314,"sku":"9781472994226","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/murphy-pat-bbc-sports-report-a-celebration-of-the-world-s-longest-running-sports-radio-programme-2022-hardback-9781472994226-58310979256659.jpg?v=1727693048","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/bbc-sports-report-a-celebration-of-the-worlds-longest-running-sports-radio-programme","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}