Click for larger image Friday Sportshow
1982
Click for larger image Fred Dinenage, David Bobin and Gareth Evans were the regular presenters of this weekly sports programme which aired usually after Coast to Coast. It also had a sister programme on Sundays.
 
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Click for larger image Sunday Sportshow
1982
Click for larger image The sister programme to the Friday Sportshow, shown on Sundays obviously and mainly concentrating on football.

Click for larger image Sportshow Special
1982
Click for larger image Fred Dinenage presents coverage of the British Isles Indoor Singles bowls competition in a special edition of the Sportshow.

Click for larger image The Saturday Match
1983
Click for larger image Like many ITV regions TVS broadcast a regional football programme which included highlights from one of the big games in the region and highlights from the other local matches.

Click for larger image Sunday Sports Club
1983
Click for larger image The Sunday Sportshow evolved into the Sunday Sports Club and there doesn't seem to be such a focus on football this time.
 
Who needs film - the opening titles are made up entirely of still photographs.


Click for larger image Star Kids
1983
Click for larger image Fred Dinenage presents this sports competition which aimed to discover the Star Kid of the South. It was divised by former Southampton football club boss Laurie McMenamie who also put in an appearance and explained what the kids had to do.

Click for larger image Star Kids
1984
Click for larger image The 1984 series saw Fred looking even more casual - he now had the job of explaining the challenges, which means lots of falling off of things and David Bobin joins to ensure fair play.

Click for larger image The Race is On
1984
Click for larger image Sports documentary series following sportsmen and women who compete in less popular sports such as banger racing and triathalon. Various members of the TVS sports team narrated the series. In our examples Fred Dinenage, Gareth Evans and James Montgomery declare The Race Is On.

Click for larger image A Whole New Ball Game
1985?
Click for larger image Impressionist Aidan J Harvey and Bob 'The Cat' Bevin take an alternative look at the week's sporting events.

Click for larger image Whitbread Around The World Race
1989
Click for larger image The south coast is a well known destination for sailing activities and TVS covered a great number of theme. Here it's the Whitbread Round The World Race of 1989. The (very 80s) theme tune was also used on other sailing programmes.

Click for larger image Ski Tips
1989
Andy Steggall and Liz Wickham take to the slopes for this skiing programme which ran for several series until TVS lost its franchise and was shown across the ITV network.

Click for larger image Channon and Ball
1990
David Bobin presents a series of classic football highlights mulled over by two football legends Mick Channon and Alan Ball.

Click for larger image Windsurf
1990?
Click for larger image Andy Steggall presented this series all about windsurfing.

Click for larger image Hot Water
1990?
Click for larger image Gareth Evans presents watersports coverage from the Springlakes Country Club near Aldershot.

Click for larger image Supercross/Rally Cross
1990?
Click for larger image The differences between these two series - one has two wheels and one has four. Both have David Bobin presenting and use a similar theme tune.

Click for larger image Sail
1990/1991
Click for larger image Gareth Evans presents TVS' coverage of the Ultra 30 yaught race. The theme tune was on most sailing programmes on TVS.

Click for larger image Midweek Sport
1991
Click for larger image Andy Steggall presents all the midweek sporting action, well the football action at least from a subtly altered Coast to Coast set in Southampton.

Click for larger image The TVS Match
1991
Click for larger image Gareth Evans is at Fratton Park for the League Cup third round replay between Portsmouth and Chelsea. The music used on the titles is the same music that was used on the main networked 'The Match' programmes.

Click for larger image TVS Sporting Decade
1992
Click for larger image Gareth Evans presents a review of ten years of TVS sport. There were several programmes broadcast shortly before TVS went off the air, this one looked at the best of the rest.