THE OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF BBC SPORTS REPORT
''Opens the doors to one of the great radio institutions.'' - Dan Walker
''An absolute joy to read.'' - John Inverdale
''That opening tune always quickens the pulse.'' - Henry Winter
Sports Report 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.
For 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.
First broadcast in 1948, Sports Report 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
