So it's the morning after the morning before - when we saw two Britons finish in the F1 top 3 for the first time in donkey's years. We'll be hearing from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ team later this week as they get ready for Malaysia and Race 2, but in the meantime I thought I'd pull together some reaction and some viewing statistics.
In terms of the British press, we'd claim five thumbs up from the five main reviews. There are criticisms, of course, but you can read the views of our colleagues in the press and make your own mind up.
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is back on 6 April with big interviews, lively features, incisive comment and a new look.
is raring to go for the nine-show run in the studio which will look different to previous series.
The set has changed, a sofa is back and on it Gabby will be joined by current sports stars and some of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport's finest talents.
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It tickled me for 16 years - the fact that Huddersfield Town were so proud that before he left for Liverpool that they preserved his toilet seat behind glass in their museum.
So although it was 1993, when I worked on the TV football fanzine Standing Room Only, that I saw this prized throne at Town's old Leeds Road ground, it immediately sprang to mind when I was asked to come up with an idea for a ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport broadband show.
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As a child growing up in Yorkshire in the 1960s, the Boat Race was one of the sporting landmarks. We'd gather round the black-and-white TV set on a Saturday afternoon for the events that mark the rhythm of the year; and alongside the Boat Race in our family's priorities were the Grand National, Wimbledon, the FA Cup Final and the Rugby League Cup Final - before signalled that Christmas was just around the corner.
We had no university connections then. But that race between and - or different shades of grey as they were in the Sixties - was something that hooked not just us but millions across the country.
That's still true today. Some sports rise, others fall - but the Boat Race still grabs mass audiences despite changing tastes and fragmenting media habits. The last time it was on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ it was watched by a peak of almost 9 million; and during the ITV contract it attracted getting on for 8 million on its most recent outing.
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From a talk given at Westminster University, 10 March 2009
I'm enormously proud that we have retained so many of the crown jewels of sport for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ - and our rights team have done a brilliant job in securing , , , and the rest well into the next decade. This month we add , and this autumn we introduce and the .
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OK, so I have the best job in the world... travelling the world, going to and telling the story for the millions of people .
The good news is that you will be able to see every wheel turn, from practice on Friday right through to the race on Sunday and even a red button special after the race for all the analysis, stories and views from the whole paddock.
As you have already seen, we have put together what I think is a to deliver the coverage.
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You may have noticed we've made some changes to the . We're going through a bit of an early spring clean to get things in shape for what promises to be an exciting few months of sport.
The reason for these changes is that in three weeks time Formula One returns to ´óÏó´«Ã½ screens for the first time in 12 years.
It's a fantastic opportunity to do something different and take our coverage to new heights. There will be more to say on this in the coming days when we'll return to this blog to run through our editorial plans for the up-coming F1 season on TV, radio and online.
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In a recent thread, the reader known as Brekkie asked a question about the Olympics (#81).
"Putting your 2012 hat on, I notice there's a three-part special starting on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two. Any details?"
- so here they are for him and for everyone else.
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