The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship1982 Peter Purves introduces light-hearted drama from Gaskins in Middlesbrough.
Match of the Day1982
From the 1982/83 season, MOTD was on Sunday afternoons. Alternating with ITV for the coverted Saturday night slot. Here Jimmy Hill (with beard) introduces a scoreboard inspired title sequence.
Sportsnight1982
Sportsnight was a mid-week mini Grandstand for insomniacs! Hosted, as in this case, by it's long-time host Harry Carpenter.
Breakfast With Brisbane1982
Desmond Lynam presents live coverage of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, hosted by Brisbane, Australia.
BBC's Look East previously used the same theme tune.
The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship1984
Toby Gubba is in nearby Redcar for quarter-final Championship Darts,
Commonwealth Games1986
Edinburgh hosted the 1986 Commonwealth Games and, from what I recall, it rained a lot!
Sportsnight1987
In 1985, Steve Rider replaced Harry Carpenter as host of BBC TV's midweek sports programme. This example is from the 1987/88 season.
International Show Jumping1987
Cheggers is waved in to introduce coverage from the pre-Christmas show jumping event at Olympia..
World Cup Rugby1987
A fantastic theme tune introduces the inaugural rugby union World Cup. This is the only time the BBC has covered the event. ITV has held the rights ever since.
Sportsnight1989
Football highlights were a mainstay of Sportsnight. Here Steve Rider dubs this edition as World Cup Sportsnight.
Sportscene1991
Off to BBC Scotland now for the never ending MOTD replacement. Featuring highlights from the Scottish Priemer Division (as it was called then).
Match of the Day1991
ITV had the League rights so MOTD only appeared on Saturday nights when the FA Cup was taking place so the programme was renamed “Match Of The Day – The Road To Wembley.”
Match of the Day1993
The classic theme from the BBC's Match of the Day. This set of titles contains glimpses of MOTD titles of the past.
The BBC faced uproar one year when a new arrangement of the theme tune was aired. The BBC received so many complaints, the original was re-instated.
International Athletics1993
A familiar sports theme from the summer nights past. This edition is presented by the late Helen Rollason.
Commonwealth Games Grandstand1994
Sue Barker presents the opening ceremony of the 15th Commonwealth Games, held in Victoria, Canada.
World Snooker1994
The Cruicble theatre in Sheffield is, as ever, the host for the World Snooker Championships.
Grand Prix1996
This was the final year which BBC TV had the rights for Formula One before ITV took over coverage. It was to be another thirteen years before Formula One returned to the BBC.
Rugby Special1997
A Sunday afternoon highlight for many a year for egg chasers. Here's a title sequence featuring a BBC Sport rugby ball
World Athletics1997
Des Lynam hosts the 1997 championships from Athens. A title sequence featuring those figures from the Royal Bank of Scotland advert!
Match Of The Eighties1997
Danny Baker rewinds the footballing action of the 1980's - "when football wasn't popular" and when "two tribes go, well went to war."
Final Score2000
Until 2001 Final Score was a segment within Grandstand. Before then Final Score was only a programme in its own right on bank holidays.
World Darts2000
The big guys get on the oche for the World Darts Championships every New Year. Since the early eighties this has always been staged from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey GU16 !
World Athletics2001
That familiar music still introduced the World Athletics tourament in the noughties.
Match Of The Day Live2001
The BBC got back the FA contract in 2001, which included the return to terrestrial television, after a decade with Sky, of live coverage of England's home internationals.
African Cup of Nations2002
Garth Crooks, who else? fronts highlights of ACON as the BBC tries to get as much football as possible on screen.
The Super League Show2002
Damien Johnson introduces Sunday lunchtime rugby league highlights for viewers in the north.
Match Of The Day2002
Press red for interactive coverage of MOTD's live coverage of England v Macedonia.
(Clip recorded by Matt Howe)
Football Focus2006
Manish Bhasin previews the day’s football. This clip is from the first day of the new BBC1 idents.
Match of the Day Live2006
Another crucial England international hosted by Gary Linekar. Mind you, they’re all crucial aren’t they,
Match Of The Day Live2008
Gary Linekar introduces live coverage of England's ill-fated attempt to qualify for Euro 2008.
(Clip recorded by Matt Howe)
The Football League Show2009
After more than 20 years on ITV, Football League coverage returned to the BBC. BBC Sport decided to launch a separate programme rather than incorporate the highlights into Match of the Day. Manish Bhasin transferred from Football Focus to present the show.
Football Focus2009
Football Focus 2009: Dan Walker took over presenting duties when Manish Bhasin was transferred to The Football League Show.