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Grandstand
1958 "BBC Television Outside Broadcasts brings you GRANDSTAND, Today's Sport as it Happens." This, one of the very early editions, is presented by David Coleman. Grandstand is still on-air more than 40 years later.

Grandstand
1980 Grandstand from 1980 and a youthful Des Lynam is your host.

Sunday Grandstand
1981 Sunday Grandstand was created to contain all of the BBC's Sunday Sport coverage. Previously, separate programmes, like Sunday League Cricket, Grand Prix and Ski Sunday to name a few, would be transmitted.
 
Thanks to Dave Baldwin

Grand National Grandstand
1984 A special title sequence for the horse racing event of the year.

Grandstand
1986 1986 and Grandstand gets it's first set of computer generated titles.

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1987 Click for larger image

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1989 Click for larger image Steve Ryder with an opening and close from 1989

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1990 Click for larger image Des in cheery mood to introduce the afternoon’s sport

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1993 Click for larger image Steve Rider took over the Grandstand hotseat in 1992 when Des left to do Match of the Day.

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1997 Click for larger image A new set of titles following the change of the BBC Sport ident the previous year.

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2005 Sue Barker is at Wimbledon for Grandstand.

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2006 Click for larger image The final set of titles for the long running show which was axed in early 2007 because bosses said the brand was outdated. In one of the final editions John Inverdale talks over the famous music. (right clip - closing theme)

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