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5 Live celebrates 60 years of Sports Report
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Sports Report, the iconic radio programme with its distinctive theme tune Out Of The Blue, celebrates 60 years on 大象传媒 Radio in January 2008.
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On 3 January Mark Saggers introduces a nostalgic 5 Live Sport looking back over 60 years of radio sports coverage on a Saturday afternoon.
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Des Lynam returns to the Sports Report studio with Mark Pougatch and Eleanor Oldroyd.
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Special guests include Ian Payne, John Inverdale, Stuart Hall and Tony Adamson.
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There will also be a variety of cameo performances from luminaries who have graced the programme throughout the last 60 years including Jimmy Armfield, who recalls being interviewed as a player on the programme.
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And the Grimethorpe Colliery Band will give a live rendition of the programme's theme tune Out Of The Blue. 听
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio.
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Throughout the years the show has been anchored by a host of household names, including Eamonn Andrews, Des Lynam, John Inverdale and Peter Jones, whose son Stuart will be present to reflect on his father's period at the helm.
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Such presenters have helped establish the programme as a unique and much-loved part of listeners' Saturday afternoons.
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The football results have been read out by the unmistakable voice of James Alexander Gordon for over 30 years.
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60 Years Of Sports Report
1948-2008,
Thursday 3 January 2008, 7.00pm 听
Sports Report presenters have included:
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1948 Raymond Glendenning
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1955 Eamonn Andrews
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1964 Robin Marler
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1964 Peter Jones
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1970 Desmond Lynam
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1980 Mike Ingham
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1985 Renton Laidlaw
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1987 John Inverdale
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1994 Ian Payne
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1997 Mark Pougatch.
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Notes to Editors
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You can listen to 5 Live via digital radio, digital television, online at bbc.co.uk/5live and on 909 & 693 MW. 听
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